Kenner, LA 70002 Frost Dates
Kenner, LA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/30, about 155 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/31, roughly 333 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Kenner, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 18 weeks until Kenner's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 01/30 isn't a guarantee
01/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/27 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/29 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Kenner against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 333 frost-free days, Kenner places 2,821 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 27 of 710.
Learn more
Before leaning on 70002's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Kenner's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Kenner's dates instead of trusting one.