Orange Park, FL 32244 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Orange Park, FL?
Around 02/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 157 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/05, about 330 frost-free days later.
Orange Park 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 Orange Park 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
02/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/03 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 Orange Park compares
About 330 days separate Orange Park's last and first frost, putting it 3,045 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,172 of 1,609.
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