Bossier City, LA 71111 Frost Dates
Bossier City, LA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/28, about 184 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/24, roughly 268 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bossier City in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 13 weeks until Bossier City's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
02/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/04 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/19 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Bossier City against the rest of the dataset
Bossier City's growing season runs about 268 days, ranking 5,731 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within LA, it ranks 376 of 710.
Learn more
Before leaning on 71111's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Bossier City's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Bossier City's dates instead of trusting one.