Noxapater, Mississippi, sits in USDA hardiness zone 8b — a range where zone-matched perennials and frost-aware annual timing set what succeeds.
Well-matched crops include cabbage, fig, california poppy, and collard greens, and the gap between "grows in the area" and "grows in your yard" is closed by soil, sun, and drainage.
Even in Noxapater, no two yards are alike.
A low spot, a south-facing slope, or a stand of trees moves the frost date and sun across a single Noxapater lot. Enter your address and we'll score 1,086 plants against your land's actual soil, sun, and frost.
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Noxapater — the short answer
Noxapater, Mississippi: USDA zone 8b, about 272 days between hard freezes, across 644 acres of town.
- USDA zone
- 8b
- USDA PHZM 2023
- Last hard freeze (28°F)
- Feb 27
- Winston County normal — NOAA 1991–2020, nearest to this town
- First hard freeze (28°F)
- Nov 26
- Winston County normal — NOAA 1991–2020, nearest to this town
- Days between freezes
- ~272
- Winston County normal — NOAA 1991–2020, nearest to this town
- Town area
- 644 acres
- US Census TIGER/Line 2025
Every figure names the dataset it came from. No 30-year normal resolves at this town’s own centroid, so the hard-freeze dates are Winston County’s — the closest measured record, labelled as such rather than passed off as local.
Hardiness Zone Range
Zone 8b is Noxapater's average, not your lot's — a low corner or a tree line moves it. Against Noxapater's 272-day season, see what your own ground reads.
Soil varies lot by lot — soil types explained.
What this means for growing in Noxapater
Each reading below is measured for Noxapater itself — here is what it means for a garden here, and the move an experienced grower makes about it.
Season length
From county recordsNoxapater runs about 272 days between hard freezes (read from Winston County, the closest normal to Noxapater) — close to year-round growing.
Frost is rarely the limit here; winter plantings are as real as summer ones, and the harder question is which crops shrug off the summer heat.
Grow cool-season crops through the mild winter, and choose heat-tolerant varieties for the summer beds.
NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals
Winter hardiness
MeasuredNoxapater sits in USDA hardiness zone 8b.
The zone sets which perennials, shrubs, and fruit trees live through an average winter here — a plant rated for a colder zone is a safe bet, one rated warmer needs winter protection or gets treated as an annual.
Match perennials and fruit to the zone before you buy, so nothing you plant is a gamble against the cold.
USDA PHZM 2023
The kind of country Noxapater is in
Noxapater sits in the Southeastern Plains — EPA Level III, inside the wider Eastern Temperate Forests. That is read at Noxapater's own centroid rather than borrowed from Winston County.
What Grows in Noxapater
Every plant below cleared Noxapater's own zone 8b and its 272-day season. Each card opens that plant's Mississippi profile. How we score.
Is it too late to plant in Noxapater?
Almost never — the real question is what to plant next. Cool-season crops can go in from around Jan 30; tender transplants wait until two to three weeks after the last 28°F hard freeze, which lands near Feb 27 (NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals); and from midsummer, planting counts back from the first fall freeze around Nov 26 — long-season crops need about 90 days of runway, quick greens only 30. In a climate this gentle, “too late” hardly applies — the question becomes which crops prefer the cooler months ahead.
What's on the federal record near Noxapater
Closest first, within ~10 miles of Noxapater. Listing isn't leaking, and distance isn't exposure.
- Woody'sUnderground Storage Tanks · 600 ft
- Hatchers Quick StopUnderground Storage Tanks · 800 ft
- Clark's GroceryUnderground Storage Tanks · 900 ft
- Ethel Yates Service StationUnderground Storage Tanks · 1300 ft
- Kenneth D QuinnUnderground Storage Tanks · 1400 ft
- Noxapater SchoolUnderground Storage Tanks · 1800 ft
- Exxon Mini Mart IIUnderground Storage Tanks · 1800 ft
- Martin Smith PropertyUnderground Storage Tanks · 2000 ft
- 159P0001 WINSTONNitrate · 2100 ft
- 159P0003 WINSTONNitrate · 2.3 mi
- 159K0011 WINSTONNitrate · 3.9 mi
- Robbie LovornUnderground Storage Tanks · 4.4 mi
6 more sites are on the record inside the same radius. See them on the map
Measured from Noxapater's center, not your beds. Run your own address for what's upwind of you specifically.
Environmental Intelligence
The counts behind that headline — every source type on the record near Noxapater.
Sources Checked
within ~10 miles of Noxapater
Severity Distribution
within ~10 miles of Noxapater
Highest-Severity Sites
A note from Gnorman
What an experienced grower watches for around here
In and around Noxapater, Underground Storage Tanks runs higher than the national average — 82 sites within ~10 miles of Noxapater. That's not a problem with your land — it's information about it.
Underground Storage Tanks: Underground storage tanks are the single most common source of soil contamination near homes and gardens.
Use raised beds with imported soil — this eliminates the primary soil-contact pathway.
Check your specific parcel in Noxapater
Get exact proximity distances to contamination sources for your specific parcel — plus soil, sun, drainage, and 1,086 plant recommendations.
25+ data sources read at your address, not the Noxapater average
Your land is one point inside Noxapater
Everything above resolves to Noxapater as a whole — one PHZM band, read across 644 acres, with hard-freeze dates borrowed from Winston County’s record because no 30-year normal resolves at this town’s own centroid. Your parcel is one point inside that footprint. Slope, tree cover, a low spot that pools cold air, and what is in the soil are all resolved at the address, and none of them are visible at town scale. That is the honest boundary of this page, and the reason the next step is a reading of your own ground rather than a better local average.
Your Lot vs the Noxapater Average
Noxapater Average
- ●USDA Zones 8b, averaged across Noxapater
- ●One soil character for all of Noxapater
- ●Frost dates read at Noxapater's scale: Feb 27 to Nov 26
YOUR Parcel
- ✓Your exact zone, not Noxapater's 8b
- ✓Your SSURGO soil type & pH
- ✓Your sun exposure, cast in 3D
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Read your specific parcel in Noxapater
Pull a site-specific report for your exact address in Noxapater, Mississippi — soil, sun, drainage, frost risk, and scored plant recommendations.
Three things about your lot that Noxapater averages can't show:
We read public map data around Noxapater — soil, climate, flood, and parcel records. How we handle your address.
25+ data sources read at your address, not the Noxapater average
How we know this about Noxapater
The datasets: hardiness from the USDA ARS Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023, read at this town’s own centroid; hard-freeze dates from NOAA 1991–2020 28°F normals at Winston County’s record, because none resolves here; boundaries and acreage from US Census TIGER/Line 2025; the contamination records from the federal sources named in their beats above. Soil is not read at town grain anywhere on this page — there is no town-resolution survey in our data, which is why you will find no soil grid here rather than a statewide one wearing a local label. The resolution ledger below names every figure this page inherited.
Common questions about Noxapater
When does frost risk typically end in Noxapater?
The last hard freeze (28°F) in Noxapater typically lands around Feb 27, per NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals — earlier than the light-frost dates most charts quote. That marks the hard freeze, not the last light frost — lighter frosts keep biting past it, which is why tender transplants here wait until about Mar 20.
When is the first frost in Noxapater?
The first hard freeze (28°F) in Noxapater typically arrives around Nov 26, per NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals — the point tender summer crops finish. Lighter frosts run ahead of it, near Nov 12, so the watching starts about Oct 27 — about 272 days after the spring freeze cleared.
How long is the growing season in Noxapater?
Measured between 28°F hard freezes, Noxapater sees about 272 frost-free days — roughly Feb 27 through Nov 26, per NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals. Tender crops work a shorter one: nearer Mar 20 to Nov 12, about 237 days.
Is the soil safe to grow vegetables in Noxapater?
The federal record around Noxapater is a meaningful one — 125 documented sites, mostly Underground Storage Tanks entries (82), the nearest Underground Storage Tanks record about 0.1 miles out — so a soil test before new food beds is a sensible precaution here, not a reason to hold back from growing. Remember that proximity to a documented site is information, not a diagnosis of any one yard; the contamination map shows exactly what sits where.
How do I protect my plants from frost in Noxapater?
From about Oct 27 the job here turns from planting to protecting — the last start even a 30-day crop can finish. As the season closes around the first 28°F hard freeze near Nov 26 (NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals), three moves buy time: row cover or an old sheet over tender plants on still, clear nights; water the soil the afternoon before a freeze, so it holds warmth overnight; and harvest tomatoes, peppers and basil before Nov 26. Hardy greens and roots shrug off light frost and sweeten after it — leave them in.
Everything above is measured at Noxapater's scale — its 8b band and its 272-day season. Your yard writes its own version of Noxapater's numbers: we read soil, sun, drainage and frost at your exact address. Try it for 14 days — no card required.
What this page reads at Noxapater’s own scale
5 of the readings below were taken at Noxapater's own scale — the 644 acres it covers and 125 documented sites around it; 5 are borrowed from a wider read, named and linked below.
Measured here
- Noxapater's own USDA hardiness band, zones 8bUSDA PHZM 2023
- 125 documented contamination sites on the federal record near Noxapater, the closest Underground Storage Tanks record about 0.1 miles out from the town centreFederal environmental registers
- Noxapater's boundary and the 644 acres inside itUS Census TIGER/Line 2025
- Which of 1,086 plants clear zones 8b and a ~272-day seasonGrowable Ground crop-matching engine
- The ecoregion at Noxapater's own centroid, the Southeastern PlainsUS EPA Level III Ecoregions
Inherited from a wider read
- The 28°F hard-freeze dates — Noxapater has no normal of its own, so its county's is the closest measured readfrom Winston County
- Soil character — no town-scale survey exists, so Noxapater's 644 acres read through its county's SSURGO summaryfrom Winston County
- Growing-degree days and winter chill — measured county-wide only, so the county page carries themfrom Winston County
- The growing challenges every Mississippi grower plans around — written at state scale, so they stay on the state guidefrom Mississippi
- Butterfly and beetle records, and the farmland pesticide estimate — all published county-widefrom Winston County
What this page can’t tell you
- The soil pH, drainage, sun hours, and frost pockets on any one lot among Noxapater's 644 acreswhy one lot differs from the next →
- Which side of Noxapater you're on — a low spot frosts first and a south wall warms early, and one normal is being asked to speak for all 644 acresreading your own microclimate →
- How close that record sits to YOUR lot — the closest Underground Storage Tanks record about 0.1 miles out, measured from the town centrehow we read the record →
- Where cold air settles, which slopes face the sun, and which way the wind runs on your own ground — measured at your address, and averaged away by any Noxapater-wide figureread your own land →
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