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DeBary, FL 32713 Frost Dates

DeBary, FL: when does the frost end?

Zone 9b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/17, about 173 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/30, roughly 310 days after the last spring frost.

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

The actual range around DeBary's last frost

02/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/19 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.

DeBary against the rest of the dataset

DeBary's growing season runs about 310 days, ranking 3,567 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 1,258 of 1,609.

Learn more

Before leaning on 32713's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in DeBary can differ from the 32713 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and DeBary's frost date answer different questions.