Gautier, MS 39566 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Gautier, MS, ZIP 39566
Around 03/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 185 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/24, about 269 frost-free days later.
Gautier 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 Gautier 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/01 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. 03/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Gautier compares
At roughly 269 frost-free days, Gautier places 5,661 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MS, it ranks 28 of 523.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Gautier's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Gautier can differ from the 39566 normal.