Homestead, FL 33114 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Homestead, FL, ZIP 33114
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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Homestead in Zone 11a (40 to 45°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's 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
About 365 days separate Homestead's last and first frost, putting it 622 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 187 of 1,609.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Homestead's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Homestead can differ from the 33114 normal.