Dundee, FL 33854 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Dundee, FL, ZIP 33854
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/04, about 160 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/04, about 332 frost-free days later.
Zone 9b (25 to 30°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 Dundee, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9b around Dundee 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 Dundee'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 Dundee compares
About 332 days separate Dundee's last and first frost, putting it 2,881 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,129 of 1,609.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Dundee can differ from the 33854 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Dundee's frost date answer different questions.