Mount Dora, FL 34713 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Mount Dora, FL?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/24, roughly 180 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/29, about 301 frost-free days later.
Mount Dora 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
About 18 weeks of growing season left in Mount Dora before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Mount Dora's last frost
02/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Mount Dora compares
Mount Dora's growing season runs about 301 days, ranking 3,951 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 1,318 of 1,609.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 10a and Mount Dora's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Mount Dora's dates instead of trusting one.