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Bradenton Beach, FL 34215 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Bradenton Beach, FL?

Zone 10b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/15, about 140 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/10, about 365 frost-free days later.

Bradenton Beach sits in USDA Zone 10b (35 to 40°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.

What to do before the first frost

About 19 weeks of growing season left in Bradenton Beach before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Bradenton Beach's last frost

01/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Bradenton Beach compares

About 365 days separate Bradenton Beach's last and first frost, putting it 1,973 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 879 of 1,609.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Bradenton Beach's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Bradenton Beach can differ from the 34215 normal.