Climate

• Temperatures fluctuate going across the state with winter temperatures ranging from 41 F to 52 F. Summer temperatures range from 80 F to 82 F. Precipitation changes from north to south and ranges from 53 inches to 62 inches a year.
  
  

Plant Hardiness Zone

• The Mississippi are is divided into two subdivided U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones. These include 7a and b and 8 a and b, where winter low temperatures get down to zero degrees in 7a, while only reaching 15 F in 8b.
  
  

Successive Planting

• Mississippi summers are long enough to plant successive crops of peas, beans, and greens just to name a few.
  
  

Vegetables

• Approximately 40 different vegetables are commonly grown in Mississippi. These include the typical garden standbys of tomatoes, corn and peppers. More unusual vegetables also grow in Mississippi and include peanuts, Jerusalem artichokes and horseradish.