Port Richey, FL 34679 Frost Dates
Port Richey, FL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/05, roughly 161 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/01, roughly 322 days after the last spring frost.
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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 18 weeks until Port Richey's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 02/05 isn't a guarantee
02/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/06 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Port Richey against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 322 frost-free days, Port Richey places 3,287 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 1,224 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 34679's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Port Richey's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Port Richey can differ from the 34679 normal.