Highland Park, FL 33853 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Highland Park, FL, ZIP 33853
Around 02/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 160 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/04, about 332 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Highland Park in Zone 9b (25 to 30°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 9b around Highland Park has about 18 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 Highland Park's last frost
02/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Highland Park compares
About 332 days separate Highland Park's last and first frost, putting it 2,905 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,140 of 1,609.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Highland Park can differ from the 33853 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Highland Park's frost date answer different questions.