Lake Alfred, FL 33850 Frost Dates
Lake Alfred, FL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/15, roughly 140 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/10, roughly 365 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lake Alfred 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 Lake Alfred's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 01/15 isn't a guarantee
01/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/07 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/30 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Lake Alfred against the rest of the dataset
About 365 days separate Lake Alfred's last and first frost, putting it 1,744 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 707 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 33850's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Lake Alfred can differ from the 33850 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and Lake Alfred's frost date answer different questions.