Parker, FL 32403 Frost Dates
Parker, FL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/07, about 163 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/24, roughly 318 days after the last spring frost.
Parker 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 17 weeks until Parker's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 02/07 isn't a guarantee
02/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/05 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Parker against the rest of the dataset
Parker's growing season runs about 318 days, ranking 3,351 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 1,241 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 32403's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Parker can differ from the 32403 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Parker's frost date answer different questions.