Tickfaw, LA 70446 Frost Dates
Tickfaw, LA: when does the frost end?
Around 03/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 192 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/19, roughly 257 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Tickfaw in Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 12 weeks until Tickfaw's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/12 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Tickfaw against the rest of the dataset
About 257 days separate Tickfaw's last and first frost, putting it 6,743 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 532 of 710.
Learn more
Before leaning on 70446's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Tickfaw can differ from the 70446 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Tickfaw's frost date answer different questions.