Everglades, FL 34140 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Everglades, FL?
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 10b (35 to 40°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 21 weeks of growing season left in Everglades before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Everglades's last frost
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
About 365 days separate Everglades's last and first frost, putting it 1,998 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 900 of 1,609.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Everglades's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Everglades can differ from the 34140 normal.