Lake Providence, LA 71286 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Lake Providence, LA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/05, about 189 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/24, about 263 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 Lake Providence, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 13 weeks of growing season left in Lake Providence before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Lake Providence's last frost
03/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lake Providence compares
Lake Providence's growing season runs about 263 days, ranking 6,109 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within LA, it ranks 475 of 710.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Lake Providence can differ from the 71286 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Lake Providence's frost date answer different questions.