Woodworth, LA 71466 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Woodworth, LA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/02, about 186 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/27, about 271 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Woodworth in Zone 9a (20 to 25°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
About 13 weeks of growing season left in Woodworth before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Woodworth's last frost
03/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Woodworth compares
At roughly 271 frost-free days, Woodworth places 5,451 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 335 of 710.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Woodworth can differ from the 71466 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9a and Woodworth's frost date answer different questions.