Dunnellon, FL 34445 Frost Dates
Dunnellon, FL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/03, roughly 159 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/03, roughly 329 days after the last spring frost.
Dunnellon sits in USDA Zone 9a (20 to 25°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 18 weeks until Dunnellon's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
02/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/03 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Dunnellon against the rest of the dataset
Dunnellon's growing season runs about 329 days, ranking 3,125 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 1,208 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 34445's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Dunnellon's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Dunnellon can differ from the 34445 normal.