Starkville, MS 39762 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Starkville, MS, ZIP 39762
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/23, about 207 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/08, about 233 frost-free days later.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 Starkville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Starkville 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.
Why 03/23 isn't a guarantee
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 Starkville compares
About 233 days separate Starkville's last and first frost, putting it 9,858 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MS, it ranks 337 of 523.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Starkville's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Starkville can differ from the 39762 normal.