Jean Lafitte, LA 70183 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.
Why 02/10 isn't a guarantee
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
About 306 days separate Jean Lafitte's last and first frost, putting it 3,713 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 169 of 710.
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