Estero, FL 33967 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Estero, FL, ZIP 33967
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/17, about 142 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/16, about 365 frost-free days later.
Estero sits in USDA Zone 10b (35 to 40°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 10b around Estero 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
01/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 02/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Estero compares
Estero's growing season runs about 365 days, ranking 987 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 406 of 1,609.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10b and Estero's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Estero's dates instead of trusting one.