Vinton, LA 77614 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Vinton, LA, ZIP 77614
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/28, roughly 184 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/23, about 273 frost-free days later.
Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 Vinton, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Vinton has about 12 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 Vinton's last frost
02/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/29 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Vinton compares
Vinton's growing season runs about 273 days, ranking 5,215 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within LA, it ranks 314 of 710.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Vinton can differ from the 77614 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Vinton's frost date answer different questions.