Winnfield, LA 71483 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Winnfield, LA, ZIP 71483
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.
Winnfield sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°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
Zone 8b around Winnfield 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.
The actual range around Winnfield'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 Winnfield compares
About 242 days separate Winnfield's last and first frost, putting it 8,364 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within LA, it ranks 632 of 710.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Winnfield's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Winnfield can differ from the 71483 normal.