Coleman, FL 33585 Frost Dates
Coleman, FL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/02, roughly 186 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/05, roughly 281 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 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
Coleman's growing season runs about 281 days, ranking 4,818 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 1,424 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 33585's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Coleman can differ from the 33585 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Coleman's frost date answer different questions.