Vienna, LA 71273 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Vienna, LA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/11, about 195 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/16, about 248 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 Vienna, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Vienna before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Vienna's last frost
03/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Vienna compares
Vienna's growing season runs about 248 days, ranking 7,729 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within LA, it ranks 609 of 710.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Vienna's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Vienna can differ from the 71273 normal.