Napoleonville, LA 70372 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Napoleonville, LA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/05, about 161 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/14, about 311 frost-free days later.
Napoleonville 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 15 weeks of growing season left in Napoleonville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 02/05 isn't a guarantee
02/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Napoleonville compares
At roughly 311 frost-free days, Napoleonville places 3,544 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 87 of 710.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Napoleonville's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Napoleonville can differ from the 70372 normal.