DeLand, FL 32721 Frost Dates
32721, near DeLand, FL: the frost window
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/17, roughly 173 days out. 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 DeLand 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
DeLand's growing season runs out in roughly 18 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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.
DeLand against the rest of the dataset
DeLand's growing season runs about 310 days, ranking 3,555 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 1,256 of 1,609.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 32721: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 9b and DeLand's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around DeLand's dates instead of trusting one.