Venice, FL 34274 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Venice, FL?
Around 01/25 is the usual last spring frost, about 150 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/19, about 365 frost-free days later.
Venice 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
About 21 weeks of growing season left in Venice before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
01/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 02/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Venice compares
About 365 days separate Venice's last and first frost, putting it 1,123 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 473 of 1,609.
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