Ormond Beach, FL 32174 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Ormond Beach, FL?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/30, roughly 155 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/08, about 340 frost-free days later.
Ormond Beach sits in USDA Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 19 weeks of growing season left in Ormond Beach before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
01/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/26 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 Ormond Beach compares
At roughly 340 frost-free days, Ormond Beach places 2,620 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 1,069 of 1,609.
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