Calvin, LA 71410 Frost Dates
Calvin, LA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/13, about 197 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/10, roughly 242 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Calvin in Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 11 weeks until Calvin's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Calvin's last frost
03/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/23 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Calvin against the rest of the dataset
About 242 days separate Calvin's last and first frost, putting it 8,411 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 636 of 710.
Learn more
Before leaning on 71410's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Calvin's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Calvin's dates instead of trusting one.