Arcadia, FL 34268 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Arcadia, FL, ZIP 34268
Around 02/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 163 days away. 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
Zone 9b around Arcadia has about 18 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 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 3,226 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 1,215 of 1,609.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Arcadia can differ from the 34268 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Arcadia's frost date answer different questions.