Central, LA 70833 Frost Dates
Central, LA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/25, about 181 days from today. 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 Central 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 Central's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Central's last frost
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.
Central against the rest of the dataset
Central's growing season runs about 276 days, ranking 5,060 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within LA, it ranks 273 of 710.
Learn more
Before leaning on 70833's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Central's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Central's dates instead of trusting one.