Bradenton, FL 34209 Frost Dates
34209, near Bradenton, FL: the frost window
Around 01/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 140 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/10, roughly 365 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bradenton in Zone 10b (35 to 40°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
Bradenton's growing season runs out in roughly 19 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
01/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/08 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/29 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Bradenton against the rest of the dataset
Bradenton's growing season runs about 365 days, ranking 796 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 296 of 1,609.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 34209: local microclimates, on what one yard in Bradenton can differ from the 34209 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 10b and Bradenton's frost date answer different questions.