Carencro, LA 70502 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Carencro, LA, ZIP 70502
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/28, about 184 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/23, about 267 frost-free days later.
Carencro 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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Carencro has about 12 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.
The actual range around Carencro's last frost
02/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Carencro compares
Carencro's growing season runs about 267 days, ranking 5,840 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within LA, it ranks 434 of 710.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Carencro can differ from the 70502 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Carencro's frost date answer different questions.