Homer, LA 71040 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Homer, LA?
Around 03/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 214 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/06, about 221 frost-free days later.
Homer 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
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Homer 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
03/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Homer compares
At roughly 221 frost-free days, Homer places 12,522 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 705 of 710.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Homer's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Homer can differ from the 71040 normal.