Zephyrhills, FL 33524 Frost Dates
Zephyrhills, FL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/31, about 156 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/08, roughly 336 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 9b (25 to 30°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 Zephyrhills, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 19 weeks until Zephyrhills's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Zephyrhills's last frost
01/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/03 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 02/28 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Zephyrhills against the rest of the dataset
Zephyrhills's growing season runs about 336 days, ranking 2,716 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 1,085 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 33524's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Zephyrhills's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Zephyrhills's dates instead of trusting one.