West Monroe, LA 71210 Frost Dates
Frost dates for West Monroe, LA, ZIP 71210
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/08, about 192 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/15, about 253 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 West Monroe, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around West Monroe has about 11 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/08 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. 03/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How West Monroe compares
About 253 days separate West Monroe's last and first frost, putting it 7,102 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 568 of 710.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and West Monroe's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around West Monroe's dates instead of trusting one.