Mansura, LA 71350 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Mansura, LA, ZIP 71350
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/28, about 184 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/24, about 270 frost-free days later.
Mansura sits in USDA Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Mansura 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 Mansura's last frost
02/28 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. 03/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Mansura compares
About 270 days separate Mansura's last and first frost, putting it 5,606 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 355 of 710.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Mansura's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Mansura can differ from the 71350 normal.