Daytona Beach Shores, FL 32118 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Daytona Beach Shores, FL, ZIP 32118
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/30, roughly 155 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/08, about 340 frost-free days later.
Daytona Beach Shores sits in USDA Zone 10a (30 to 35°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 10a around Daytona Beach Shores has about 19 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
01/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Daytona Beach Shores compares
Daytona Beach Shores's growing season runs about 340 days, ranking 2,627 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 1,074 of 1,609.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Daytona Beach Shores can differ from the 32118 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and Daytona Beach Shores's frost date answer different questions.