Delhi, LA 71232 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Delhi, LA, ZIP 71232
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/28, roughly 184 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/26, about 271 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Delhi in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Delhi has about 13 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.
The actual range around Delhi's last frost
02/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/31 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 Delhi compares
At roughly 271 frost-free days, Delhi places 5,446 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 334 of 710.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Delhi's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Delhi's dates instead of trusting one.