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Maitland, FL 32751 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Maitland, FL, ZIP 32751

Zone 10a

The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/17, about 142 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/13, about 365 frost-free days later.

Maitland sits in USDA Zone 10a (30 to 35°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

Zone 10a around Maitland has about 20 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.

How much risk comes with planting early here

01/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Maitland compares

At roughly 365 frost-free days, Maitland places 1,472 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 544 of 1,609.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and Maitland's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Maitland's dates instead of trusting one.