Gramercy, LA 70076 Frost Dates
70076, near Gramercy, LA: the frost window
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
Gramercy's growing season runs out in roughly 15 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 02/09 isn't a guarantee
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
At roughly 308 frost-free days, Gramercy places 3,663 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 143 of 710.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 70076: local microclimates, on what one yard in Gramercy can differ from the 70076 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 9a and Gramercy's frost date answer different questions.