Fruitland Park, FL 34748 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Fruitland Park, FL, ZIP 34748
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/26, about 151 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/09, about 346 frost-free days later.
Fruitland Park 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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9b around Fruitland Park has about 19 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.
The actual range around Fruitland Park's last frost
01/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/21 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 Fruitland Park compares
Fruitland Park's growing season runs about 346 days, ranking 2,440 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 1,030 of 1,609.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Fruitland Park's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Fruitland Park can differ from the 34748 normal.