Jeanerette, LA 70544 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Jeanerette, LA, ZIP 70544
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/15, about 171 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/03, about 294 frost-free days later.
Jeanerette 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 Jeanerette has about 14 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
02/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Jeanerette compares
At roughly 294 frost-free days, Jeanerette places 4,263 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 200 of 710.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Jeanerette's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Jeanerette can differ from the 70544 normal.