Mount Dora, FL 34712 Frost Dates
Mount Dora, FL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/24, about 180 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/29, roughly 301 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Mount Dora 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
With roughly 18 weeks until Mount Dora's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 02/24 isn't a guarantee
02/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/22 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/20 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Mount Dora against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 301 frost-free days, Mount Dora places 3,950 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 1,317 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 34712's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Mount Dora can differ from the 34712 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Mount Dora's frost date answer different questions.