Baker, LA 70807 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Baker, LA, ZIP 70807
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/25, roughly 181 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/26, about 276 frost-free days later.
Baker 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
Zone 9a around Baker 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
02/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/29 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Baker compares
Baker's growing season runs about 276 days, ranking 5,074 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within LA, it ranks 285 of 710.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Baker's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Baker can differ from the 70807 normal.