Liberty, MS 39645 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Liberty, MS?
Around 03/25 is the usual last spring frost, about 209 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/08, about 230 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 Liberty, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Liberty 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
03/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Liberty compares
At roughly 230 frost-free days, Liberty places 10,463 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MS, it ranks 383 of 523.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Liberty's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Liberty can differ from the 39645 normal.