Oakdale, LA 71463 Frost Dates
Oakdale, LA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/03, about 187 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/25, roughly 268 days after the last spring frost.
Oakdale 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 13 weeks until Oakdale'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
03/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/04 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/28 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Oakdale against the rest of the dataset
Oakdale's growing season runs about 268 days, ranking 5,749 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within LA, it ranks 378 of 710.
Learn more
Before leaning on 71463's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Oakdale can differ from the 71463 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Oakdale's frost date answer different questions.