Gramercy, LA 70052 Frost Dates
Gramercy, LA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/09, roughly 165 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/14, roughly 308 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Gramercy in Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 15 weeks until Gramercy'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
02/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/13 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/11 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Gramercy against the rest of the dataset
About 308 days separate Gramercy's last and first frost, putting it 3,659 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 139 of 710.
Learn more
Before leaning on 70052's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Gramercy can differ from the 70052 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Gramercy's frost date answer different questions.