Rockledge, FL 32956 Frost Dates
Rockledge, FL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/20, roughly 145 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/12, roughly 365 days after the last spring frost.
Rockledge 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.
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.
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 1,068 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 434 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 32956's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Rockledge's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Rockledge can differ from the 32956 normal.