Oak Ridge, LA 71264 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Oak Ridge, LA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/28, about 184 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/26, about 271 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 Oak Ridge, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 13 weeks of growing season left in Oak Ridge before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Oak Ridge compares
About 271 days separate Oak Ridge's last and first frost, putting it 5,474 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 349 of 710.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Oak Ridge's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Oak Ridge can differ from the 71264 normal.