Erath, LA 70533 Frost Dates
Erath, LA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/14, about 170 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/05, roughly 298 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Erath, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 14 weeks until Erath's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Erath's last frost
02/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/11 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Erath against the rest of the dataset
About 298 days separate Erath's last and first frost, putting it 4,211 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 194 of 710.
Learn more
Before leaning on 70533's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Erath's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Erath can differ from the 70533 normal.