Winter Park, FL 32814 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Winter Park, FL, ZIP 32814
Around 01/17 is the usual last spring frost, about 142 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/13, about 365 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Winter Park in Zone 10a (30 to 35°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 10a around Winter Park 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.
Why 01/17 isn't a guarantee
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 Winter Park compares
At roughly 365 frost-free days, Winter Park places 1,095 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 449 of 1,609.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Winter Park can differ from the 32814 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and Winter Park's frost date answer different questions.