Church Point, LA 70516 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Church Point, LA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/20, roughly 176 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/04, about 291 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Church Point in Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 14 weeks of growing season left in Church Point before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Church Point's last frost
02/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Church Point compares
At roughly 291 frost-free days, Church Point places 4,445 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 229 of 710.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Church Point's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Church Point can differ from the 70516 normal.