Sikes, LA 71473 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Sikes, LA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/13, about 197 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 242 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Sikes, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Sikes before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Sikes's last frost
03/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Sikes compares
Sikes's growing season runs about 242 days, ranking 8,418 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within LA, it ranks 638 of 710.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Sikes's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Sikes's dates instead of trusting one.