Arcadia, FL 34269 Frost Dates
Arcadia, FL: when does the frost end?
Around 02/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 163 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/04, roughly 324 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Arcadia in Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 18 weeks until Arcadia's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 02/07 isn't a guarantee
02/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/08 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/10 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Arcadia against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 324 frost-free days, Arcadia places 3,227 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 1,216 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 34269's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Arcadia's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Arcadia's dates instead of trusting one.