Pomona Park, FL 32181 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Pomona Park, FL?
Around 03/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 185 days away. 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 Pomona Park, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 14 weeks of growing season left in Pomona Park before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Pomona Park's last frost
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 Pomona Park compares
Pomona Park's growing season runs about 284 days, ranking 4,711 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 1,389 of 1,609.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Pomona Park can differ from the 32181 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9b and Pomona Park's frost date answer different questions.