Ashland, LA 71002 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Ashland, LA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/24, about 208 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/07, about 229 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ashland in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Ashland before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Ashland's last frost
03/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ashland compares
At roughly 229 frost-free days, Ashland places 10,668 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 697 of 710.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Ashland's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Ashland can differ from the 71002 normal.