Moreauville, LA 71355 Frost Dates
Moreauville, LA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/28, about 184 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/24, roughly 270 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Moreauville 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 13 weeks until Moreauville'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
02/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/31 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Moreauville against the rest of the dataset
Moreauville's growing season runs about 270 days, ranking 5,613 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within LA, it ranks 358 of 710.
Learn more
Before leaning on 71355's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Moreauville can differ from the 71355 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Moreauville's frost date answer different questions.