Baker, LA 70811 Frost Dates
Baker, LA: when does the frost end?
Around 02/25 is the usual last spring frost, about 181 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/26, roughly 276 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Baker in Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 13 weeks until Baker's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 02/25 isn't a guarantee
02/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/29 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/19 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Baker against the rest of the dataset
About 276 days separate Baker's last and first frost, putting it 5,075 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 286 of 710.
Learn more
Before leaning on 70811's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Baker can differ from the 70811 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Baker's frost date answer different questions.