Pinellas Park, FL 34697 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Pinellas Park, FL, ZIP 34697
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/17, roughly 142 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/14, about 365 frost-free days later.
Pinellas Park sits in USDA Zone 10a (30 to 35°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
Zone 10a around Pinellas Park has about 20 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
01/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 02/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pinellas Park compares
About 365 days separate Pinellas Park's last and first frost, putting it 865 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 355 of 1,609.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Pinellas Park can differ from the 34697 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and Pinellas Park's frost date answer different questions.