Lady Lake, FL 32133 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lady Lake, FL, ZIP 32133
Around 01/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 151 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/09, about 346 frost-free days later.
Zone 9b (25 to 30°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 Lady Lake, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9b around Lady Lake 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
01/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/21 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 Lady Lake compares
About 346 days separate Lady Lake's last and first frost, putting it 2,433 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,023 of 1,609.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Lady Lake can differ from the 32133 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Lady Lake's frost date answer different questions.