Bartow, FL 33830 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bartow, FL, ZIP 33830
Around 01/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 149 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/07, about 352 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bartow in Zone 10a (30 to 35°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 10a around Bartow 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 Bartow's last frost
01/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bartow compares
At roughly 352 frost-free days, Bartow places 2,283 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 1,001 of 1,609.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Bartow's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Bartow can differ from the 33830 normal.