Dubberly, LA 71024 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Dubberly, LA, ZIP 71024
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/17, roughly 201 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/14, about 241 frost-free days later.
Dubberly 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 Dubberly 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 Dubberly'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 Dubberly compares
Dubberly's growing season runs about 241 days, ranking 8,632 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within LA, it ranks 648 of 710.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Dubberly can differ from the 71024 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Dubberly's frost date answer different questions.