New Orleans, LA 70153 Frost Dates
When can you plant in New Orleans, LA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/10, about 166 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/17, about 309 frost-free days later.
New Orleans sits in USDA Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 16 weeks of growing season left in New Orleans before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around New Orleans's last frost
02/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How New Orleans compares
New Orleans's growing season runs about 309 days, ranking 3,603 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within LA, it ranks 97 of 710.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around New Orleans's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in New Orleans can differ from the 70153 normal.