Lucedale, MS 39555 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lucedale, MS, ZIP 39555
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/03, about 187 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/25, about 268 frost-free days later.
Lucedale sits in USDA Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Lucedale has about 13 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Lucedale's last frost
03/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lucedale compares
At roughly 268 frost-free days, Lucedale places 5,771 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MS, it ranks 35 of 523.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Lucedale can differ from the 39555 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Lucedale's frost date answer different questions.