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North Port, FL 33953 Frost Dates

Frost dates for North Port, FL, ZIP 33953

Zone 10a

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/21, roughly 146 days out. 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

North Port's growing season runs about 365 days, ranking 561 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 162 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 33953 normal.