Slaughter, LA 70777 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Slaughter, LA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/13, roughly 197 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/17, about 251 frost-free days later.
Slaughter 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 Slaughter before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Slaughter compares
At roughly 251 frost-free days, Slaughter places 7,364 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 592 of 710.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9a and Slaughter's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Slaughter's dates instead of trusting one.