Sorrento, LA 70738 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Sorrento, LA, ZIP 70738
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/21, about 177 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/05, about 291 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Sorrento in Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Sorrento has about 14 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.
The actual range around Sorrento's last frost
02/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Sorrento compares
About 291 days separate Sorrento's last and first frost, putting it 4,459 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 234 of 710.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Sorrento can differ from the 70738 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Sorrento's frost date answer different questions.