Turkey Creek, LA 70585 Frost Dates
70585, near Turkey Creek, LA: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/28, about 184 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/24, roughly 270 days after the last spring frost.
Turkey Creek sits in USDA Zone 9a (20 to 25°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Turkey Creek's growing season runs out in roughly 13 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 02/28 isn't a guarantee
02/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/31 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Turkey Creek against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 270 frost-free days, Turkey Creek places 5,625 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 362 of 710.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 70585: the frost range, on how to read the range around Turkey Creek's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Turkey Creek can differ from the 70585 normal.