Lake Placid, FL 33960 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Lake Placid, FL?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/01, about 157 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/08, about 334 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lake Placid in Zone 9b (25 to 30°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 19 weeks of growing season left in Lake Placid before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Lake Placid's last frost
02/01 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. 03/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lake Placid compares
About 334 days separate Lake Placid's last and first frost, putting it 2,801 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,112 of 1,609.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9b and Lake Placid's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Lake Placid's dates instead of trusting one.