Gunnison, MS 72379 Frost Dates
Gunnison, MS: when does the frost end?
Around 03/10 is the usual last spring frost, about 194 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/18, roughly 251 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
With roughly 12 weeks until Gunnison's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/28 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Gunnison against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 251 frost-free days, Gunnison places 7,399 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MS, it ranks 134 of 523.
Learn more
Before leaning on 72379's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Gunnison can differ from the 72379 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Gunnison's frost date answer different questions.