Dade City, FL 33523 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Dade City, FL, ZIP 33523
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/31, roughly 156 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/08, about 336 frost-free days later.
Dade City sits in USDA Zone 9b (25 to 30°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 9b around Dade City has about 19 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
01/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 02/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Dade City compares
Dade City's growing season runs about 336 days, ranking 2,726 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 1,093 of 1,609.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Dade City's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Dade City can differ from the 33523 normal.