Port Richey, FL 34654 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Port Richey, FL?
Around 01/20 is the usual last spring frost, about 145 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/09, about 354 frost-free days later.
Port Richey sits in USDA Zone 9b (25 to 30°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.
What to do before the first frost
About 19 weeks of growing season left in Port Richey before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Port Richey's last frost
01/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Port Richey compares
Port Richey's growing season runs about 354 days, ranking 2,198 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 962 of 1,609.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Port Richey's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Port Richey can differ from the 34654 normal.