Venice, FL 34285 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.
Zone 10a (30 to 35°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Venice, not a forecast for this year.
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.
Why 01/25 isn't a guarantee
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 1,128 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 478 of 1,609.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Venice's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Venice can differ from the 34285 normal.