Frostproof, FL 33843 Frost Dates
Frostproof, FL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/28, roughly 153 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/08, roughly 343 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 10a (30 to 35°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 Frostproof, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 19 weeks until Frostproof's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Frostproof's last frost
01/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/26 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Frostproof against the rest of the dataset
About 343 days separate Frostproof's last and first frost, putting it 2,539 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,047 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 33843's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Frostproof can differ from the 33843 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and Frostproof's frost date answer different questions.