Homestead, FL 33002 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Homestead, FL, ZIP 33002
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/18, roughly 143 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/13, about 365 frost-free days later.
Homestead sits in USDA Zone 11a (40 to 45°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
Zone 11a around Homestead has about 20 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Homestead's last frost
01/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/01 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 Homestead compares
Homestead's growing season runs about 365 days, ranking 610 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 175 of 1,609.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 11a and Homestead's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Homestead's dates instead of trusting one.