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Youngsville, LA 70592 Frost Dates

Youngsville, LA: when does the frost end?

Zone 9a

Around 02/13 is the usual last spring frost, about 169 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/04, roughly 299 days after the last spring frost.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Youngsville 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 Youngsville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.

Why 02/13 isn't a guarantee

02/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/13 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/10 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.

Youngsville against the rest of the dataset

At roughly 299 frost-free days, Youngsville places 4,162 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 183 of 710.

Learn more

Before leaning on 70592's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Youngsville can differ from the 70592 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Youngsville's frost date answer different questions.