Ocala, FL 34477 Frost Dates
Ocala, FL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/01, roughly 185 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/07, roughly 284 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 Ocala, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 14 weeks until Ocala's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Ocala's last frost
03/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/29 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/22 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Ocala against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 284 frost-free days, Ocala places 4,666 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 1,366 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 34477's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Ocala can differ from the 34477 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Ocala's frost date answer different questions.