Welaka, FL 32134 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Welaka, FL, ZIP 32134
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/01, roughly 185 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/07, about 284 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 Welaka, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9b around Welaka has about 14 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
03/01 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. 03/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Welaka compares
At roughly 284 frost-free days, Welaka places 4,712 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 1,390 of 1,609.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Welaka's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Welaka can differ from the 32134 normal.