Shreveport, LA 71108 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Shreveport, LA, ZIP 71108
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/09, roughly 193 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/18, about 255 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 Shreveport, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Shreveport has about 12 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.
The actual range around Shreveport's last frost
03/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Shreveport compares
About 255 days separate Shreveport's last and first frost, putting it 6,883 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 550 of 710.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Shreveport can differ from the 71108 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Shreveport's frost date answer different questions.