Welsh, LA 70581 Frost Dates
Welsh, LA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/19, about 175 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/04, roughly 292 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Welsh in Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 14 weeks until Welsh's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Welsh's last frost
02/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Welsh against the rest of the dataset
About 292 days separate Welsh's last and first frost, putting it 4,362 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 210 of 710.
Learn more
Before leaning on 70581's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Welsh's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Welsh can differ from the 70581 normal.