Palmetto, FL 34222 Frost Dates
Palmetto, FL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/16, roughly 141 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/11, roughly 365 days after the last spring frost.
Palmetto sits in USDA Zone 10a (30 to 35°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 19 weeks until Palmetto'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
01/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/09 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Palmetto against the rest of the dataset
Palmetto's growing season runs about 365 days, ranking 1,675 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 682 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 34222's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and Palmetto's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Palmetto's dates instead of trusting one.