Venice, FL 34229 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Venice, FL, ZIP 34229
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/25, roughly 150 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/19, about 365 frost-free days later.
Venice 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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 10a around Venice has about 21 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
01/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 02/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Venice compares
Venice's growing season runs about 365 days, ranking 1,121 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 471 of 1,609.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and Venice's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Venice's dates instead of trusting one.