Lake Charles, LA 70615 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lake Charles, LA, ZIP 70615
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/02, roughly 186 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/25, about 267 frost-free days later.
Lake Charles 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 Lake Charles 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/02 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. 03/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lake Charles compares
About 267 days separate Lake Charles's last and first frost, putting it 5,827 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 425 of 710.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Lake Charles's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Lake Charles's dates instead of trusting one.