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Winter Park, FL 32867 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Winter Park, FL?

Zone 10a

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/17, roughly 142 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/13, about 365 frost-free days later.

Zone 10a (30 to 35°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Winter Park, not a forecast for this year.

What to do before the first frost

About 20 weeks of growing season left in Winter Park before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

How much risk comes with planting early here

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

Winter Park's growing season runs about 365 days, ranking 1,105 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 459 of 1,609.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Winter Park's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Winter Park can differ from the 32867 normal.