North Port, FL 33948 Frost Dates
Frost dates for North Port, FL, ZIP 33948
Around 01/21 is the usual last spring frost, about 146 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/14, about 365 frost-free days later.
Zone 10a (30 to 35°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 North Port, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 10a around North Port has about 20 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 North Port's last frost
01/21 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. 02/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How North Port compares
About 365 days separate North Port's last and first frost, putting it 560 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 161 of 1,609.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around North Port's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in North Port can differ from the 33948 normal.