New Llano, LA 71461 Frost Dates
New Llano, LA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/20, roughly 204 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/09, roughly 234 days after the last spring frost.
New Llano sits in USDA Zone 9a (20 to 25°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until New Llano's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/24 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
New Llano against the rest of the dataset
About 234 days separate New Llano's last and first frost, putting it 9,750 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 688 of 710.
Learn more
Before leaning on 71461's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around New Llano's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in New Llano can differ from the 71461 normal.