Bossier City, LA 71110 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Bossier City, LA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/06, roughly 190 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/18, about 256 frost-free days later.
Bossier City sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 12 weeks of growing season left in Bossier City before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Bossier City's last frost
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. 03/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bossier City compares
At roughly 256 frost-free days, Bossier City places 6,791 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 546 of 710.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Bossier City's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Bossier City's dates instead of trusting one.