Winnsboro, LA 71324 Frost Dates
Winnsboro, LA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/07, about 191 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/13, roughly 252 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 Winnsboro, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Winnsboro's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/17 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Winnsboro against the rest of the dataset
About 252 days separate Winnsboro's last and first frost, putting it 7,232 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 587 of 710.
Learn more
Before leaning on 71324's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Winnsboro can differ from the 71324 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Winnsboro's frost date answer different questions.