Benton, LA 71148 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Benton, LA?
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.
Benton 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 13 weeks of growing season left in Benton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Benton's last frost
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 Benton compares
At roughly 268 frost-free days, Benton places 5,785 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 393 of 710.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Benton's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Benton's dates instead of trusting one.