Greenwood, LA 71007 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Greenwood, LA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/06, roughly 190 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/19, about 257 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 Greenwood, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 12 weeks of growing season left in Greenwood 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
03/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Greenwood compares
About 257 days separate Greenwood's last and first frost, putting it 6,697 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 515 of 710.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Greenwood's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Greenwood can differ from the 71007 normal.