Eunice, LA 70535 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Eunice, LA, ZIP 70535
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/26, about 182 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/27, about 276 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Eunice 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
Zone 9a around Eunice has about 13 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.
Why 02/26 isn't a guarantee
02/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/30 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Eunice compares
At roughly 276 frost-free days, Eunice places 5,086 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 292 of 710.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Eunice's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Eunice can differ from the 70535 normal.