Grant-Valkaria, FL 32976 Frost Dates
32976, near Grant-Valkaria, FL: the frost window
Around 01/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 141 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 Grant-Valkaria 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
Grant-Valkaria's growing season runs out in roughly 20 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
01/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/13 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.
Grant-Valkaria against the rest of the dataset
About 365 days separate Grant-Valkaria's last and first frost, putting it 1,860 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 807 of 1,609.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 32976: local microclimates, on what one yard in Grant-Valkaria can differ from the 32976 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 10a and Grant-Valkaria's frost date answer different questions.