Dodson, LA 71422 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Dodson, LA, ZIP 71422
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/13, roughly 197 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 242 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Dodson in Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 8b around Dodson has about 11 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 Dodson'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 Dodson compares
Dodson's growing season runs about 242 days, ranking 8,404 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within LA, it ranks 635 of 710.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Dodson's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Dodson can differ from the 71422 normal.