Richmond, LA 71284 Frost Dates
Richmond, 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.
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 Richmond, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 13 weeks until Richmond's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/02 isn't a guarantee
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.
Richmond against the rest of the dataset
Richmond's growing season runs about 271 days, ranking 5,471 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within LA, it ranks 346 of 710.
Learn more
Before leaning on 71284's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Richmond's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Richmond's dates instead of trusting one.