Shongaloo, LA 71072 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Shongaloo, LA, ZIP 71072
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.
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 Shongaloo, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Shongaloo has about 10 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.
Why 03/30 isn't a guarantee
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 Shongaloo compares
At roughly 221 frost-free days, Shongaloo places 12,608 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 710 of 710.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Shongaloo's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Shongaloo's dates instead of trusting one.