Wiggins, MS 39561 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Wiggins, MS, ZIP 39561
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/07, about 191 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/22, about 260 frost-free days later.
Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Wiggins, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Wiggins has about 12 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 Wiggins's last frost
03/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Wiggins compares
Wiggins's growing season runs about 260 days, ranking 6,477 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MS, it ranks 68 of 523.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Wiggins can differ from the 39561 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Wiggins's frost date answer different questions.