Orlando, FL 32825 Frost Dates
32825, near Orlando, FL: the frost window
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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Orlando 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
Orlando's growing season runs out in roughly 20 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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
About 365 days separate Orlando's last and first frost, putting it 239 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 68 of 1,609.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 32825: local microclimates, on what one yard in Orlando can differ from the 32825 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 10a and Orlando's frost date answer different questions.