Central, LA 70837 Frost Dates
Central, 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.
Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Central, not a forecast for this year.
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 5,062 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within LA, it ranks 275 of 710.
Learn more
Before leaning on 70837'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.