Goldonna, LA 71031 Frost Dates
Goldonna, LA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/24, about 208 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/07, roughly 229 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 Goldonna, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Goldonna's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/24 isn't a guarantee
03/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/16 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Goldonna against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 229 frost-free days, Goldonna places 10,653 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 693 of 710.
Learn more
Before leaning on 71031's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Goldonna's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Goldonna can differ from the 71031 normal.