What are Mississippi's freeze dates?
Data taken from national weather service offices, cooperative observers, and selected Mississippi State University experiment stations through the years have provided the following table. The table lists the chance of occurrence or probability that a freeze will occur by a certain date. For example, at Charleston, in the upper delta, there is a 10 percent chance that a freeze will occur by October 18th...and a 90 percent chance by November 12.
Mississippi fall freeze dates at selected probability levels:
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| UPPER DELTA | |||
| Charleston | 10/18 | 10/30 | 11/12 |
| Clarksdale | 10/28 | 11/11 | 11/24 |
| Cleveland | 10/22 | 11/02 | 11/14 |
| Rosedale | 10/25 | 11/05 | 11/16 |
| NORTH CENTRAL | |||
| Batesville | 10/14 | 10/27 | 11/08 |
| Hernando | 10/28 | 11/07 | 11/18 |
| Holly Springs | 10/08 | 10/22 | 11/05 |
| Ole Miss | 10/07 | 10/22 | 11/07 |
| Water Valley | 10/18 | 10/30 | 11/11 |
| NORTHEAST | |||
| Booneville | 10/18 | 10/31 | 11/14 |
| Corinth | 10/12 | 10/26 | 11/10 |
| Tupelo | 10/11 | 10/25 | 11/08 |
| LOWER DELTA | |||
| Belzoni | 10/21 | 10/25 | 11/22 |
| Greenville | 10/27 | 11/12 | 11/28 |
| Greenwood | 10/24 | 11/09 | 11/25 |
| Moorhead | 10/21 | 11/04 | 11/19 |
| Stoneville | 10/25 | 11/08 | 11/22 |
| Yazoo City | 10/20 | 11/06 | 11/24 |
| CENTRAL | |||
| Canton | 10/14 | 10/29 | 11/13 |
| Eupora | 10/13 | 10/27 | 11/09 |
| Forest | 10/19 | 11/01 | 11/15 |
| Jackson | 10/23 | 11/07 | 11/27 |
| Kosciusko | 10/16 | 11/01 | 11/17 |
| Pickens | 10/15 | 10/27 | 11/08 |
| EAST CENTRAL | |||
| Aberdeen | 10/21 | 11/01 | 11/12 |
| Columbus | 10/15 | 10/29 | 11/11 |
| Houston | 10/10 | 10/25 | 11/09 |
| Kipling | 10/14 | 10/27 | 11/08 |
| Philadelphia | 10/16 | 10/30 | 11/13 |
| State University | 10/28 | 11/09 | 11/20 |
| SOUTHWEST | |||
| Brookhaven | 10/28 | 10/31 | 11/15 |
| Liberty | 10/23 | 11/05 | 11/18 |
| Natchez | 10/27 | 11/14 | 12/02 |
| Port Gibson | 10/20 | 11/02 | 11/14 |
| Vicksburg | 10/29 | 11/18 | 12/08 |
| Woodville | 10/27 | 11/14 | 12/03 |
| SOUTH CENTRAL | |||
| Collins | 10/23 | 11/05 | 11/18 |
| Columbia | 10/22 | 11/06 | 11/21 |
| Monticello | 10/22 | 11/04 | 11/18 |
| Tylertown | 10/23 | 11/08 | 11/25 |
| SOUTHEAST | |||
| Bay Springs | 10/27 | 11/10 | 11/25 |
| Hattiesburg | 10/24 | 11/08 | 11/23 |
| Laurel | 10/29 | 11/13 | 11/28 |
| Meridian | 10/19 | 11/03 | 11/17 |
| Newton | 10/18 | 10/31 | 11/13 |
| Russell | 10/23 | 11/05 | 11/19 |
| COASTAL | |||
| Bay St. Louis | 11/10 | 12/05 | 12/29 |
| Biloxi | 11/08 | 11/30 | 12/22 |
| Gulfport | 11/07 | 11/26 | 12/16 |
| Picayune | 10/26 | 11/14 | 12/04 |
| Poplarville | 11/01 | 11/21 | 12/11 |
| Wiggins | 10/24 | 11/12 | 12/02 |
Publications
News
This summer has not just felt hot and dry; close to half the state is in moderate to severe drought, and temperatures have been mostly in the 90s through all of August.
Mike Brown is the state climatologist and Mississippi State University professor of meteorology. He said much of the northern two-thirds of the state has been fluctuating between drought and being OK.
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Producers got a behind-the-scenes look at the wide scope of agricultural research taking place at Mississippi State University in an Aug. 6 event.
Cotton planting has all but drawn to a close in Mississippi for the year, with the state seeing an increase to an expected 500,000 acres in 2024. The U.S. Department of Agriculture made that acreage estimate and said the crop was 94% planted by June 9, 2024. Of that acreage, 80% was either in good or excellent condition, with 19% in fair and just 1% in poor condition.
