Plant City, FL 33563 Frost Dates
Plant City, FL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/24, about 149 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/07, roughly 352 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Plant City in Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 19 weeks until Plant City's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 01/24 isn't a guarantee
01/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/27 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Plant City against the rest of the dataset
About 352 days separate Plant City's last and first frost, putting it 2,269 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 991 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 33563's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Plant City can differ from the 33563 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Plant City's frost date answer different questions.