Ville Platte, LA 70586 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Ville Platte, LA, ZIP 70586
Around 02/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 182 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/27, about 276 frost-free days later.
Ville Platte 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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Ville Platte has about 13 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.
Why 02/26 isn't a guarantee
02/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/30 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ville Platte compares
At roughly 276 frost-free days, Ville Platte places 5,091 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 294 of 710.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Ville Platte's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Ville Platte can differ from the 70586 normal.