Alexandria, LA 71301 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Alexandria, LA, ZIP 71301
Around 02/27 is the usual last spring frost, about 183 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/27, about 274 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Alexandria in Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Alexandria has about 13 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Alexandria's last frost
02/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Alexandria compares
About 274 days separate Alexandria's last and first frost, putting it 5,144 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 308 of 710.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Alexandria's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Alexandria can differ from the 71301 normal.