Rockledge, FL 32783 Frost Dates
Rockledge, FL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/20, about 145 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/12, roughly 365 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Rockledge in Zone 10a (30 to 35°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
With roughly 20 weeks until Rockledge's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Rockledge's last frost
01/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/14 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.
Rockledge against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 365 frost-free days, Rockledge places 1,057 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 423 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 32783's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Rockledge's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Rockledge can differ from the 32783 normal.