Fort Meade, FL 33841 Frost Dates
Fort Meade, FL: when does the frost end?
Around 01/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 149 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/07, roughly 352 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fort Meade 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 Fort Meade's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 01/24 isn't a guarantee
01/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/27 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Fort Meade against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 352 frost-free days, Fort Meade places 2,287 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 1,005 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 33841's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Fort Meade's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Fort Meade can differ from the 33841 normal.