Pollock, LA 71407 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Pollock, LA, ZIP 71407
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/02, about 186 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/17, about 260 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pollock in Zone 9a (20 to 25°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
Zone 9a around Pollock has about 12 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 Pollock's last frost
03/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pollock compares
At roughly 260 frost-free days, Pollock places 6,502 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 504 of 710.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Pollock can differ from the 71407 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Pollock's frost date answer different questions.