Monticello, FL 32345 Frost Dates
Monticello, FL: when does the frost end?
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
With roughly 14 weeks until Monticello's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Monticello's last frost
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
At roughly 286 frost-free days, Monticello places 4,613 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 1,355 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 32345's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Monticello's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Monticello can differ from the 32345 normal.