Lakeland, FL 33810 Frost Dates
33810, near Lakeland, FL: the frost window
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 9b (25 to 30°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
Lakeland's growing season runs out in roughly 19 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
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 426 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 113 of 1,609.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 33810: local microclimates, on what one yard in Lakeland can differ from the 33810 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 9b and Lakeland's frost date answer different questions.