Clarks, LA 71435 Frost Dates
Clarks, LA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/05, about 189 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/22, roughly 263 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Clarks 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 12 weeks until Clarks's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Clarks's last frost
03/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/27 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Clarks against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 263 frost-free days, Clarks places 6,133 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 488 of 710.
Learn more
Before leaning on 71435's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Clarks's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Clarks's dates instead of trusting one.