Rockledge, FL 32912 Frost Dates
Rockledge, FL: when does the frost end?
Around 01/20 is the usual last spring frost, about 145 days away. 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
With roughly 20 weeks until Rockledge's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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
At roughly 365 frost-free days, Rockledge places 1,062 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 428 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 32912's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and Rockledge's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Rockledge's dates instead of trusting one.