Ringgold, LA 71051 Frost Dates
Ringgold, LA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/06, roughly 190 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/18, roughly 256 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ringgold in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 12 weeks until Ringgold's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/15 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Ringgold against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 256 frost-free days, Ringgold places 6,839 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 549 of 710.
Learn more
Before leaning on 71051's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Ringgold's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Ringgold can differ from the 71051 normal.