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Delcambre, LA 70528 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Delcambre, LA?

Zone 9b

Around 02/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 170 days away. 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

About 14 weeks of growing season left in Delcambre before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

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 4,213 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within LA, it ranks 196 of 710.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Delcambre's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Delcambre can differ from the 70528 normal.