Vinton, LA 70668 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Vinton, LA, ZIP 70668
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/28, about 184 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/23, about 273 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 Vinton, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Vinton has about 12 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
02/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/29 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Vinton compares
At roughly 273 frost-free days, Vinton places 5,214 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 313 of 710.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Vinton's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Vinton can differ from the 70668 normal.