Palm Shores, FL 32954 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Palm Shores, FL?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/20, roughly 145 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/12, about 365 frost-free days later.
Palm Shores sits in USDA Zone 10a (30 to 35°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 20 weeks of growing season left in Palm Shores 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
01/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Palm Shores compares
About 365 days separate Palm Shores's last and first frost, putting it 1,968 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 875 of 1,609.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 10a and Palm Shores's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Palm Shores's dates instead of trusting one.