Pollock, LA 71467 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Pollock, LA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/16, roughly 200 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/08, about 239 frost-free days later.
Pollock 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.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Pollock before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Pollock's last frost
03/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pollock compares
At roughly 239 frost-free days, Pollock places 8,880 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within LA, it ranks 657 of 710.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9a and Pollock's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Pollock's dates instead of trusting one.