Umatilla, FL 32702 Frost Dates
Umatilla, FL: when does the frost end?
Around 02/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 180 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/29, roughly 301 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Umatilla 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 18 weeks until Umatilla's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
02/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/22 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/20 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Umatilla against the rest of the dataset
About 301 days separate Umatilla's last and first frost, putting it 3,972 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,324 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 32702's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Umatilla's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Umatilla can differ from the 32702 normal.