West Monroe, LA 71281 Frost Dates
When can you plant in West Monroe, LA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/08, roughly 192 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/15, about 253 frost-free days later.
West Monroe 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
About 11 weeks of growing season left in West Monroe before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around West Monroe's last frost
03/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How West Monroe compares
West Monroe's growing season runs about 253 days, ranking 7,106 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within LA, it ranks 572 of 710.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around West Monroe's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in West Monroe can differ from the 71281 normal.