Golden Meadow, LA 70357 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Golden Meadow, LA, ZIP 70357
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/08, roughly 164 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/19, about 311 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Golden Meadow in Zone 10a (30 to 35°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 10a around Golden Meadow has about 16 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
02/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Golden Meadow compares
About 311 days separate Golden Meadow's last and first frost, putting it 3,542 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 85 of 710.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and Golden Meadow's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Golden Meadow's dates instead of trusting one.