Gunnison, MS 72328 Frost Dates
72328, near Gunnison, MS: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/17, about 201 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/10, roughly 238 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Gunnison 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
Gunnison's growing season runs out in roughly 11 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 03/17 isn't a guarantee
03/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Gunnison against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 238 frost-free days, Gunnison places 9,034 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MS, it ranks 286 of 523.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 72328: the frost range, on how to read the range around Gunnison's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Gunnison can differ from the 72328 normal.