Sarasota, FL 34234 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Sarasota, FL?
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.
Sarasota 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
About 19 weeks of growing season left in Sarasota before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Sarasota'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 Sarasota compares
At roughly 365 frost-free days, Sarasota places 812 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 308 of 1,609.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Sarasota's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Sarasota can differ from the 34234 normal.