West Monroe, LA 71211 Frost Dates
West Monroe, LA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/08, about 192 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/15, roughly 253 days after the last spring frost.
West Monroe 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until West Monroe's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/08 isn't a guarantee
03/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/16 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/25 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
West Monroe against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 253 frost-free days, West Monroe places 7,103 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 569 of 710.
Learn more
Before leaning on 71211's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around West Monroe's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in West Monroe can differ from the 71211 normal.