Rockledge, FL 32899 Frost Dates
32899, near Rockledge, FL: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/20, about 145 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/12, roughly 365 days after the last spring frost.
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 Rockledge, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Rockledge'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.
Why 01/20 isn't a guarantee
01/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Rockledge against the rest of the dataset
About 365 days separate Rockledge's last and first frost, putting it 1,058 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 424 of 1,609.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 32899: the frost range, on how to read the range around Rockledge's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Rockledge can differ from the 32899 normal.