Rayville, LA 71269 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Rayville, LA, ZIP 71269
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.
Rayville 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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Rayville 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.
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 Rayville compares
Rayville's growing season runs about 271 days, ranking 5,444 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within LA, it ranks 332 of 710.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Rayville can differ from the 71269 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Rayville's frost date answer different questions.