Tallulah, LA 71276 Frost Dates
Tallulah, LA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/02, about 186 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/24, roughly 271 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Tallulah 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 13 weeks until Tallulah's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/03 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Tallulah against the rest of the dataset
Tallulah's growing season runs about 271 days, ranking 5,432 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within LA, it ranks 331 of 710.
Learn more
Before leaning on 71276's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Tallulah's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Tallulah can differ from the 71276 normal.