Oviedo, FL 32826 Frost Dates
32826, near Oviedo, FL: the frost window
Around 01/17 is the usual last spring frost, about 142 days away. 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 Oviedo 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
Oviedo'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.
Oviedo against the rest of the dataset
Oviedo's growing season runs about 365 days, ranking 963 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 394 of 1,609.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 32826: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 10a and Oviedo's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Oviedo's dates instead of trusting one.