Oberlin, LA 70654 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Oberlin, LA?
Around 03/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 185 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/24, about 267 frost-free days later.
Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Oberlin, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 13 weeks of growing season left in Oberlin before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Oberlin's last frost
03/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/01 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 Oberlin compares
Oberlin's growing season runs about 267 days, ranking 5,869 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within LA, it ranks 445 of 710.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Oberlin's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Oberlin can differ from the 70654 normal.