Fellsmere, FL 32971 Frost Dates
Fellsmere, FL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/18, about 143 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/13, 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 Fellsmere, not a forecast for this year.
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
About 365 days separate Fellsmere's last and first frost, putting it 1,887 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 826 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 32971's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Fellsmere's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Fellsmere can differ from the 32971 normal.