Magnolia, MS 39652 Frost Dates
39652, near Magnolia, MS: the frost window
Around 03/11 is the usual last spring frost, about 195 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/18, roughly 253 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Magnolia in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Magnolia's growing season runs out in roughly 12 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/17 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/02 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Magnolia against the rest of the dataset
About 253 days separate Magnolia's last and first frost, putting it 7,160 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 114 of 523.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 39652: local microclimates, on what one yard in Magnolia can differ from the 39652 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8b and Magnolia's frost date answer different questions.