Fort Myers, FL 33901 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Fort Myers, FL?
Around 01/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 141 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/13, about 365 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fort Myers in Zone 10b (35 to 40°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
About 20 weeks of growing season left in Fort Myers before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Fort Myers's last frost
01/16 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. 02/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fort Myers compares
At roughly 365 frost-free days, Fort Myers places 536 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 145 of 1,609.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Fort Myers can differ from the 33901 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 10b and Fort Myers's frost date answer different questions.