Orlando, FL 32812 Frost Dates
Orlando, FL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/17, roughly 142 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/13, roughly 365 days after the last spring frost.
Orlando 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 20 weeks until Orlando's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Orlando's last frost
01/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/09 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Orlando against the rest of the dataset
Orlando's growing season runs about 365 days, ranking 237 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 66 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 32812's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and Orlando's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Orlando's dates instead of trusting one.