Edgewater, FL 32169 Frost Dates
Edgewater, FL: when does the frost end?
Around 01/28 is the usual last spring frost, about 153 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/09, roughly 365 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 10a (30 to 35°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 Edgewater, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 19 weeks until Edgewater'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
01/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Edgewater against the rest of the dataset
About 365 days separate Edgewater's last and first frost, putting it 1,184 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 510 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 32169's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Edgewater can differ from the 32169 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and Edgewater's frost date answer different questions.