Sarasota, FL 34235 Frost Dates
Sarasota, FL: when does the frost end?
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.
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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 19 weeks until Sarasota's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 01/15 isn't a guarantee
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.
Sarasota against the rest of the dataset
Sarasota's growing season runs about 365 days, ranking 813 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 309 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 34235's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Sarasota's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Sarasota can differ from the 34235 normal.