Punta Gorda, FL 33982 Frost Dates
Punta Gorda, FL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/22, roughly 147 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/10, roughly 364 days after the last spring frost.
Punta Gorda sits in USDA Zone 10a (30 to 35°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.
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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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
About 364 days separate Punta Gorda's last and first frost, putting it 2,039 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 912 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 33982's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and Punta Gorda's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Punta Gorda's dates instead of trusting one.