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Kissimmee, FL 34743 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Kissimmee, FL?

Zone 10a

Around 01/28 is the usual last spring frost, about 153 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/06, about 342 frost-free days later.

Kissimmee 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 19 weeks of growing season left in Kissimmee before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Kissimmee's last frost

01/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Kissimmee compares

About 342 days separate Kissimmee's last and first frost, putting it 2,546 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,052 of 1,609.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Kissimmee's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Kissimmee can differ from the 34743 normal.