Livingston, LA 70744 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Livingston, LA?
Around 03/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 191 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/18, about 257 frost-free days later.
Livingston sits in USDA Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 12 weeks of growing season left in Livingston before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Livingston's last frost
03/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Livingston compares
At roughly 257 frost-free days, Livingston places 6,708 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 520 of 710.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Livingston can differ from the 70744 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9a and Livingston's frost date answer different questions.