Jean Lafitte, LA 70060 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Jean Lafitte, LA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/10, roughly 166 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/12, about 306 frost-free days later.
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 Jean Lafitte, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 15 weeks of growing season left in Jean Lafitte before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
02/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Jean Lafitte compares
Jean Lafitte's growing season runs about 306 days, ranking 3,705 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within LA, it ranks 161 of 710.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9b and Jean Lafitte's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Jean Lafitte's dates instead of trusting one.