Franklin, LA 70540 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Franklin, LA, ZIP 70540
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/11, roughly 167 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/08, about 303 frost-free days later.
Franklin 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
Zone 9b around Franklin has about 15 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.
The actual range around Franklin's last frost
02/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/12 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 Franklin compares
Franklin's growing season runs about 303 days, ranking 3,784 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within LA, it ranks 172 of 710.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Franklin's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Franklin's dates instead of trusting one.