Waldo, FL 32694 Frost Dates
Waldo, FL: when does the frost end?
Around 03/03 is the usual last spring frost, about 187 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/02, roughly 277 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Waldo 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 Waldo's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Waldo's last frost
03/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Waldo against the rest of the dataset
Waldo's growing season runs about 277 days, ranking 5,032 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 1,463 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 32694's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Waldo's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Waldo's dates instead of trusting one.