Oil City, LA 71061 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Oil City, LA?
Around 03/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 190 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/19, about 257 frost-free days later.
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 Oil City, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 12 weeks of growing season left in Oil City 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
03/06 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 Oil City compares
About 257 days separate Oil City's last and first frost, putting it 6,733 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 528 of 710.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Oil City's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Oil City can differ from the 71061 normal.