DeLand, FL 32130 Frost Dates
32130, near DeLand, FL: the frost window
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/17, roughly 173 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/30, roughly 310 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts DeLand in Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
DeLand's growing season runs out in roughly 18 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
The actual range around DeLand's last frost
02/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/19 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
DeLand against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 310 frost-free days, DeLand places 3,553 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 1,254 of 1,609.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 32130: local microclimates, on what one yard in DeLand can differ from the 32130 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 9b and DeLand's frost date answer different questions.