Eustis, FL 32726 Frost Dates
32726, near Eustis, FL: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/26, about 151 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/09, roughly 346 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Eustis 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
Eustis's growing season runs out in roughly 19 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
01/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Eustis against the rest of the dataset
About 346 days separate Eustis's last and first frost, putting it 2,427 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,017 of 1,609.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 32726: local microclimates, on what one yard in Eustis can differ from the 32726 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 9b and Eustis's frost date answer different questions.