Stonewall, LA 71027 Frost Dates
Stonewall, LA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/08, roughly 192 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/20, roughly 255 days after the last spring frost.
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 Stonewall, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 12 weeks until Stonewall's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/08 isn't a guarantee
03/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/13 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/01 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Stonewall against the rest of the dataset
About 255 days separate Stonewall's last and first frost, putting it 6,938 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 553 of 710.
Learn more
Before leaning on 71027's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Stonewall's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Stonewall's dates instead of trusting one.