Baker, LA 70874 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Baker, LA?
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
About 13 weeks of growing season left in Baker 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
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
At roughly 276 frost-free days, Baker places 5,077 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 288 of 710.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Baker can differ from the 70874 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9a and Baker's frost date answer different questions.