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Inverness, FL 34453 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Inverness, FL, ZIP 34453

Zone 9a

Around 02/03 is the usual last spring frost, about 159 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/03, about 329 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Inverness in Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.

What to do before the first frost

Zone 9a around Inverness 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.

How much risk comes with planting early here

02/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Inverness compares

At roughly 329 frost-free days, Inverness places 3,107 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 1,190 of 1,609.

Learn more

the frost range explains how to read the range around Inverness's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Inverness can differ from the 34453 normal.