Silver Creek, MS 39663 Frost Dates
Silver Creek, MS: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/12, about 196 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/10, roughly 242 days after the last spring frost.
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 Silver Creek, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Silver Creek's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/12 isn't a guarantee
03/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/22 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/03 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Silver Creek against the rest of the dataset
About 242 days separate Silver Creek's last and first frost, putting it 8,413 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 244 of 523.
Learn more
Before leaning on 39663's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Silver Creek can differ from the 39663 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Silver Creek's frost date answer different questions.