Last Frost Date New Orleans: Frost Dates, Late Frost Risk & Growing Season
When is the last spring frost and the first autumn frost in New Orleans? Frost dates from 30 years of data, the risk of late frost, frost-free days and planting dates.
The frost season in New Orleans
- Last frost (average): January 6
- In 1 year out of 10 it still freezes on February 12.
- First frost: –
- Frost-free season: – days
- Frost after 15 May: in 0 % of years
Frost days per month in New Orleans
- January: 1.6 · 8 °C
- February: 0.3 · 10 °C
- March: 0.1 · 13 °C
- April: 0 · 17 °C
- May: 0 · 21 °C
- June: 0 · 24 °C
- July: 0 · 25 °C
- August: 0 · 25 °C
- September: 0 · 23 °C
- October: 0 · 18 °C
- November: 0 · 12 °C
- December: 0.3 · 9 °C
- Matched to the average lows of a weather station 15 km away – accurate to about ±1–2 weeks.
- Daily minimum temperatures 2 m above ground over 30 years (1991–2020), NASA POWER; station data: Deutscher Wetterdienst (CC BY 4.0). Ground frost can form while the air at 2 m is still +2 to +3 °C.