Lutcher, LA 70763 Frost Dates
Lutcher, LA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/09, about 165 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/14, roughly 308 days after the last spring frost.
Lutcher 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 15 weeks until Lutcher's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 02/09 isn't a guarantee
02/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/13 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/11 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Lutcher against the rest of the dataset
Lutcher's growing season runs about 308 days, ranking 3,656 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within LA, it ranks 136 of 710.
Learn more
Before leaning on 70763'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 70763 normal.