Punta Gorda, FL 33946 Frost Dates
Punta Gorda, FL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/21, roughly 146 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/14, roughly 365 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Punta Gorda in Zone 10b (35 to 40°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 20 weeks until Punta Gorda's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
01/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 02/14 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Punta Gorda against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 365 frost-free days, Punta Gorda places 1,244 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 528 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 33946's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Punta Gorda's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Punta Gorda can differ from the 33946 normal.