Reeves, LA 70658 Frost Dates
70658, near Reeves, LA: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/01, about 185 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/24, roughly 267 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Reeves 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
Reeves'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 03/01 isn't a guarantee
03/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Reeves against the rest of the dataset
About 267 days separate Reeves's last and first frost, putting it 5,901 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 463 of 710.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 70658: local microclimates, on what one yard in Reeves can differ from the 70658 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 9a and Reeves's frost date answer different questions.