Cedar Key, FL 32625 Frost Dates
Cedar Key, FL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/06, roughly 190 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/26, roughly 263 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cedar Key in Zone 9b (25 to 30°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 13 weeks until Cedar Key's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Cedar Key's last frost
03/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/10 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Cedar Key against the rest of the dataset
About 263 days separate Cedar Key's last and first frost, putting it 6,138 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,527 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 32625's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Cedar Key can differ from the 32625 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Cedar Key's frost date answer different questions.