Lakeland, FL 33805 Frost Dates
Lakeland, FL: when does the frost end?
Around 01/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 140 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/10, roughly 365 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lakeland in Zone 10a (30 to 35°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 Lakeland'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
01/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/07 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/30 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Lakeland against the rest of the dataset
Lakeland's growing season runs about 365 days, ranking 424 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 111 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 33805's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Lakeland can differ from the 33805 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and Lakeland's frost date answer different questions.