Converse, LA 71419 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Converse, LA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/08, roughly 192 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/20, about 255 frost-free days later.
Converse sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 12 weeks of growing season left in Converse before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Converse's last frost
03/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Converse compares
At roughly 255 frost-free days, Converse places 6,967 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 558 of 710.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Converse's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Converse can differ from the 71419 normal.