Temple Terrace, FL 33584 Frost Dates
Temple Terrace, FL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/20, about 145 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/12, roughly 365 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 Temple Terrace, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 20 weeks until Temple Terrace'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
01/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/10 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.
Temple Terrace against the rest of the dataset
About 365 days separate Temple Terrace's last and first frost, putting it 1,147 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 489 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 33584's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Temple Terrace can differ from the 33584 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Temple Terrace's frost date answer different questions.