Avon Park, FL 33825 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Avon Park, FL, ZIP 33825
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/28, roughly 153 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/08, about 343 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 Avon Park, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9b around Avon Park 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
01/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/26 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 Avon Park compares
At roughly 343 frost-free days, Avon Park places 2,533 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 1,046 of 1,609.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Avon Park can differ from the 33825 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Avon Park's frost date answer different questions.