Mantee, MS 39741 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Mantee, MS, ZIP 39741
Around 03/23 is the usual last spring frost, about 207 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/08, about 233 frost-free days later.
Mantee sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 8a around Mantee has about 10 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.
The actual range around Mantee's last frost
03/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Mantee compares
About 233 days separate Mantee's last and first frost, putting it 9,983 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 360 of 523.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Mantee's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Mantee can differ from the 39741 normal.