Punta Gorda, FL 33951 Frost Dates
Punta Gorda, FL: when does the frost end?
Around 01/22 is the usual last spring frost, about 147 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/10, roughly 364 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Punta Gorda in Zone 10a (30 to 35°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 19 weeks until Punta Gorda's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 01/22 isn't a guarantee
01/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/16 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Punta Gorda against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 364 frost-free days, Punta Gorda places 2,038 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 911 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 33951's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Punta Gorda can differ from the 33951 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and Punta Gorda's frost date answer different questions.