Lake Mary, FL 32745 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Lake Mary, FL?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/24, about 149 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/09, about 352 frost-free days later.
Lake Mary sits in USDA Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 19 weeks of growing season left in Lake Mary before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Lake Mary's last frost
01/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lake Mary compares
About 352 days separate Lake Mary's last and first frost, putting it 2,285 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,003 of 1,609.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9b and Lake Mary's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Lake Mary's dates instead of trusting one.