Coleman, FL 33538 Frost Dates
Coleman, FL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/02, about 186 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/05, roughly 281 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 Coleman, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 14 weeks until Coleman's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/31 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/25 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Coleman against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 281 frost-free days, Coleman places 4,817 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 1,423 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 33538's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Coleman can differ from the 33538 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Coleman's frost date answer different questions.