Gilbert, LA 71336 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Gilbert, LA?
Around 03/10 is the usual last spring frost, about 194 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/16, about 250 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Gilbert in Zone 8b (15 to 20°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
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Gilbert before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Gilbert's last frost
03/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Gilbert compares
At roughly 250 frost-free days, Gilbert places 7,585 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 599 of 710.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Gilbert's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Gilbert can differ from the 71336 normal.