Basile, LA 70515 Frost Dates
Basile, LA: when does the frost end?
Around 02/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 182 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/27, roughly 276 days after the last spring frost.
Basile 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 13 weeks until Basile's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 02/26 isn't a guarantee
02/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/30 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Basile against the rest of the dataset
Basile's growing season runs about 276 days, ranking 5,114 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within LA, it ranks 297 of 710.
Learn more
Before leaning on 70515's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Basile's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Basile can differ from the 70515 normal.