Belleview, FL 34492 Frost Dates
34492, near Belleview, FL: the frost window
Around 01/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 151 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/09, roughly 346 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Belleview in Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Belleview's growing season runs out in roughly 19 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
01/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Belleview against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 346 frost-free days, Belleview places 2,446 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 1,036 of 1,609.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 34492: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 9b and Belleview's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Belleview's dates instead of trusting one.