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Everglades, FL 34137 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Everglades, FL, ZIP 34137

Zone 10a

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/24, roughly 149 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/20, about 365 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Everglades in Zone 10a (30 to 35°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

Zone 10a around Everglades has about 21 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

01/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/02 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 Everglades compares

At roughly 365 frost-free days, Everglades places 1,995 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 897 of 1,609.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and Everglades's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Everglades's dates instead of trusting one.