Scott, LA 70598 Frost Dates
70598, near Scott, LA: the frost window
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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Scott 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
Scott'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 02/26 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
About 279 days separate Scott's last and first frost, putting it 4,881 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 254 of 710.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 70598: the frost range, on how to read the range around Scott's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Scott can differ from the 70598 normal.