Interlachen, FL 32140 Frost Dates
Interlachen, FL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/01, about 185 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/07, roughly 284 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 Interlachen, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 14 weeks until Interlachen's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/29 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/22 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Interlachen against the rest of the dataset
Interlachen's growing season runs about 284 days, ranking 4,702 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 1,383 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 32140's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Interlachen can differ from the 32140 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Interlachen's frost date answer different questions.