Palmetto, FL 33598 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Palmetto, FL?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/28, roughly 153 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/09, about 355 frost-free days later.
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 Palmetto, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 19 weeks of growing season left in Palmetto before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
01/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Palmetto compares
At roughly 355 frost-free days, Palmetto places 2,134 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 937 of 1,609.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Palmetto can differ from the 33598 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9b and Palmetto's frost date answer different questions.