Downsville, LA 71225 Frost Dates
Downsville, LA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/28, about 212 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/05, roughly 224 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Downsville 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 10 weeks until Downsville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/28 isn't a guarantee
03/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/04 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/14 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Downsville against the rest of the dataset
About 224 days separate Downsville's last and first frost, putting it 11,971 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 703 of 710.
Learn more
Before leaning on 71225's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Downsville's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Downsville can differ from the 71225 normal.