LaBelle, FL 34142 Frost Dates
LaBelle, FL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/23, about 148 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/11, roughly 365 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts LaBelle in Zone 10a (30 to 35°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 19 weeks until LaBelle'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
01/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/18 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.
LaBelle against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 365 frost-free days, LaBelle places 1,872 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 815 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 34142's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in LaBelle can differ from the 34142 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and LaBelle's frost date answer different questions.