Welaka, FL 32189 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Welaka, FL, ZIP 32189
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/01, about 185 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/07, about 284 frost-free days later.
Welaka 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
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.
The actual range around Welaka'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 Welaka compares
About 284 days separate Welaka's last and first frost, putting it 4,713 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,391 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 32189 normal.