Mount Dora, FL 32757 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Mount Dora, FL, ZIP 32757
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/24, roughly 180 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/29, about 301 frost-free days later.
Mount Dora 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
Zone 9b around Mount Dora has about 18 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
02/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Mount Dora compares
At roughly 301 frost-free days, Mount Dora places 3,948 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 1,315 of 1,609.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Mount Dora's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Mount Dora can differ from the 32757 normal.