Lakeland, FL 33815 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lakeland, FL, ZIP 33815
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/15, about 140 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/10, about 365 frost-free days later.
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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9b around Lakeland has about 19 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 Lakeland's last frost
01/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lakeland compares
About 365 days separate Lakeland's last and first frost, putting it 427 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 114 of 1,609.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Lakeland can differ from the 33815 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Lakeland's frost date answer different questions.