Covington, LA 70434 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Covington, LA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/12, roughly 196 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/18, about 253 frost-free days later.
Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 Covington, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 12 weeks of growing season left in Covington before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Covington compares
At roughly 253 frost-free days, Covington places 7,111 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 576 of 710.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Covington can differ from the 70434 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9a and Covington's frost date answer different questions.