Doyline, LA 71023 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Doyline, LA, ZIP 71023
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/17, about 201 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/14, about 241 frost-free days later.
Doyline sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°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
Zone 8b around Doyline has about 11 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Doyline's last frost
03/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Doyline compares
At roughly 241 frost-free days, Doyline places 8,608 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 644 of 710.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Doyline can differ from the 71023 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Doyline's frost date answer different questions.