Simmesport, LA 70753 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Simmesport, LA, ZIP 70753
Around 03/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 186 days away. 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 Simmesport, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Simmesport 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
03/02 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. 03/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Simmesport compares
About 268 days separate Simmesport's last and first frost, putting it 5,803 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 411 of 710.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Simmesport's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Simmesport can differ from the 70753 normal.