Lecompte, LA 71306 Frost Dates
Lecompte, LA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/01, roughly 185 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/22, roughly 267 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lecompte in Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 12 weeks until Lecompte's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Lecompte's last frost
03/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/22 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Lecompte against the rest of the dataset
Lecompte's growing season runs about 267 days, ranking 5,883 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within LA, it ranks 451 of 710.
Learn more
Before leaning on 71306's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Lecompte's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Lecompte can differ from the 71306 normal.