Tullos, LA 71479 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Tullos, LA, ZIP 71479
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/19, roughly 203 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/12, about 238 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 Tullos, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Tullos has about 11 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
Why 03/19 isn't a guarantee
03/19 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. 04/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Tullos compares
About 238 days separate Tullos's last and first frost, putting it 9,031 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 662 of 710.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Tullos can differ from the 71479 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Tullos's frost date answer different questions.