Brooksville, FL 34614 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Brooksville, FL, ZIP 34614
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/05, roughly 161 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/01, about 322 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Brooksville in Zone 9b (25 to 30°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 9b around Brooksville 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
02/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Brooksville compares
About 322 days separate Brooksville's last and first frost, putting it 3,282 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,221 of 1,609.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Brooksville can differ from the 34614 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Brooksville's frost date answer different questions.