Fellsmere, FL 32948 Frost Dates
Fellsmere, FL: when does the frost end?
Around 01/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 143 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 Fellsmere 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
With roughly 20 weeks until Fellsmere's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 01/18 isn't a guarantee
01/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/30 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Fellsmere against the rest of the dataset
Fellsmere's growing season runs about 365 days, ranking 1,882 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 821 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 32948's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Fellsmere can differ from the 32948 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and Fellsmere's frost date answer different questions.