Delcambre, LA 70513 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Delcambre, LA, ZIP 70513
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/14, about 170 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/05, about 298 frost-free days later.
Delcambre 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
Zone 9b around Delcambre has about 14 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 Delcambre's last frost
02/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Delcambre compares
Delcambre's growing season runs about 298 days, ranking 4,212 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within LA, it ranks 195 of 710.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Delcambre's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Delcambre's dates instead of trusting one.