Tickfaw, LA 70451 Frost Dates
Tickfaw, LA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/08, roughly 192 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/19, roughly 257 days after the last spring frost.
Tickfaw sits in USDA Zone 9a (20 to 25°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.
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.
Why 03/08 isn't a guarantee
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
At roughly 257 frost-free days, Tickfaw places 6,744 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 533 of 710.
Learn more
Before leaning on 70451's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Tickfaw can differ from the 70451 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Tickfaw's frost date answer different questions.