Pascagoula, MS 39567 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Pascagoula, MS?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/08, roughly 192 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/19, about 256 frost-free days later.
Pascagoula 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
About 12 weeks of growing season left in Pascagoula before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pascagoula compares
Pascagoula's growing season runs about 256 days, ranking 6,799 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MS, it ranks 87 of 523.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Pascagoula's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Pascagoula can differ from the 39567 normal.