Lutcher, LA 70723 Frost Dates
Lutcher, LA: when does the frost end?
Around 02/21 is the usual last spring frost, about 177 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/05, roughly 291 days after the last spring frost.
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 Lutcher, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 14 weeks until Lutcher's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
02/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/23 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Lutcher against the rest of the dataset
About 291 days separate Lutcher's last and first frost, putting it 4,451 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 231 of 710.
Learn more
Before leaning on 70723's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Lutcher's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Lutcher can differ from the 70723 normal.