Krotz Springs, LA 70750 Frost Dates
Krotz Springs, LA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/28, about 184 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/23, roughly 267 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 Krotz Springs, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 12 weeks until Krotz Springs's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 02/28 isn't a guarantee
02/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/31 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/25 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Krotz Springs against the rest of the dataset
About 267 days separate Krotz Springs's last and first frost, putting it 5,882 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 450 of 710.
Learn more
Before leaning on 70750's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Krotz Springs can differ from the 70750 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Krotz Springs's frost date answer different questions.