Haughton, LA 71067 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Haughton, LA?
Around 03/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 198 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/14, about 246 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Haughton 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
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Haughton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Haughton's last frost
03/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Haughton compares
At roughly 246 frost-free days, Haughton places 7,926 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 619 of 710.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Haughton's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Haughton can differ from the 71067 normal.