Homestead, FL 33242 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Homestead, FL?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/18, about 143 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/13, about 365 frost-free days later.
Zone 11a (40 to 45°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 Homestead, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 20 weeks of growing season left in Homestead before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
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
At roughly 365 frost-free days, Homestead places 634 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 199 of 1,609.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Homestead's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Homestead can differ from the 33242 normal.