Hosston, LA 71043 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hosston, LA, ZIP 71043
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/06, about 190 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/19, about 257 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hosston in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Hosston has about 12 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 Hosston's last frost
03/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hosston compares
About 257 days separate Hosston's last and first frost, putting it 6,755 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 538 of 710.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Hosston's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Hosston's dates instead of trusting one.