Scott, LA 70596 Frost Dates
Scott, LA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/26, roughly 182 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/28, roughly 279 days after the last spring frost.
Scott 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
With roughly 13 weeks until Scott's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 02/26 isn't a guarantee
02/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/29 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/20 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Scott against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 279 frost-free days, Scott places 4,880 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 253 of 710.
Learn more
Before leaning on 70596's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Scott can differ from the 70596 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Scott's frost date answer different questions.