Brusly, LA 70719 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Brusly, LA, ZIP 70719
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/28, about 184 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/24, about 268 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 Brusly, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Brusly 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
02/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Brusly compares
About 268 days separate Brusly's last and first frost, putting it 5,775 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 383 of 710.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Brusly's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Brusly's dates instead of trusting one.