Crawford, MS 39743 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Crawford, MS, ZIP 39743
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/21, roughly 205 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/07, about 231 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Crawford in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Crawford 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 Crawford's last frost
03/21 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. 04/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Crawford compares
About 231 days separate Crawford's last and first frost, putting it 10,261 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 370 of 523.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Crawford can differ from the 39743 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Crawford's frost date answer different questions.