Monticello, FL 32361 Frost Dates
32361, 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.
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
About 286 days separate Monticello's last and first frost, putting it 4,614 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,356 of 1,609.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 32361: local microclimates, on what one yard in Monticello can differ from the 32361 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 9a and Monticello's frost date answer different questions.