Arcadia, FL 34266 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Arcadia, FL?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/07, about 163 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/04, about 324 frost-free days later.
Arcadia sits in USDA Zone 9b (25 to 30°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 18 weeks of growing season left in Arcadia before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Arcadia's last frost
02/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Arcadia compares
At roughly 324 frost-free days, Arcadia places 3,224 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 1,213 of 1,609.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Arcadia can differ from the 34266 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9b and Arcadia's frost date answer different questions.