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Reddick, FL 32686 Frost Dates

Reddick, FL: when does the frost end?

Zone 9a

Around 03/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 185 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/07, roughly 284 days after the last spring frost.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Reddick 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 Reddick's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.

The actual range around Reddick's last frost

03/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/29 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/22 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.

Reddick against the rest of the dataset

About 284 days separate Reddick's last and first frost, putting it 4,723 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,401 of 1,609.

Learn more

Before leaning on 32686's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Reddick's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Reddick can differ from the 32686 normal.