Monticello, FL 32336 Frost Dates
32336, near Monticello, FL: the frost window
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/25, roughly 181 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/03, roughly 286 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Monticello in Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Monticello's growing season runs out in roughly 14 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
02/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/25 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Monticello against the rest of the dataset
Monticello's growing season runs about 286 days, ranking 4,610 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 1,352 of 1,609.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 32336: the frost range, on how to read the range around Monticello's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Monticello can differ from the 32336 normal.