Atlanta, LA 71404 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Atlanta, LA?
Around 03/13 is the usual last spring frost, about 197 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 242 frost-free days later.
Atlanta 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
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Atlanta before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Atlanta's last frost
03/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Atlanta compares
About 242 days separate Atlanta's last and first frost, putting it 8,416 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 637 of 710.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Atlanta's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Atlanta can differ from the 71404 normal.