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Indian Shores, FL 33776 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Indian Shores, FL, ZIP 33776

Zone 10b

Around 01/17 is the usual last spring frost, about 142 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/14, about 365 frost-free days later.

Indian Shores sits in USDA Zone 10b (35 to 40°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.

What to do before the first frost

Zone 10b around Indian Shores has about 20 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.

The actual range around Indian Shores's last frost

01/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 02/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Indian Shores compares

Indian Shores's growing season runs about 365 days, ranking 1,969 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 876 of 1,609.

Learn more

local microclimates explains what one yard in Indian Shores can differ from the 33776 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10b and Indian Shores's frost date answer different questions.