Loreauville, LA 70552 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Loreauville, LA?
Around 02/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 171 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/03, about 294 frost-free days later.
Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 Loreauville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 14 weeks of growing season left in Loreauville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
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 Loreauville compares
Loreauville's growing season runs about 294 days, ranking 4,264 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within LA, it ranks 201 of 710.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9a and Loreauville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Loreauville's dates instead of trusting one.