Blanchard, LA 71107 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Blanchard, LA, ZIP 71107
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/28, about 184 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/24, about 268 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 Blanchard, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Blanchard has about 13 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 02/28 isn't a guarantee
02/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Blanchard compares
About 268 days separate Blanchard's last and first frost, putting it 5,769 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 382 of 710.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Blanchard's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Blanchard's dates instead of trusting one.