Palmetto, FL 34250 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Palmetto, FL, ZIP 34250
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/16, roughly 141 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/11, about 365 frost-free days later.
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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 10a around Palmetto has about 19 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.
The actual range around Palmetto's last frost
01/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Palmetto compares
At roughly 365 frost-free days, Palmetto places 1,676 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 683 of 1,609.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Palmetto's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Palmetto can differ from the 34250 normal.