Colfax, LA 71417 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Colfax, LA, ZIP 71417
Around 03/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 186 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/27, about 271 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Colfax 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 Colfax 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 Colfax's last frost
03/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Colfax compares
About 271 days separate Colfax's last and first frost, putting it 5,454 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 336 of 710.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Colfax's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Colfax's dates instead of trusting one.