Jean Lafitte, LA 70054 Frost Dates
Jean Lafitte, LA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/10, about 166 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/12, roughly 306 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Jean Lafitte in Zone 9b (25 to 30°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 Jean Lafitte's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Jean Lafitte's last frost
02/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/09 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/10 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Jean Lafitte against the rest of the dataset
About 306 days separate Jean Lafitte's last and first frost, putting it 3,702 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 158 of 710.
Learn more
Before leaning on 70054's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Jean Lafitte's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Jean Lafitte can differ from the 70054 normal.