St. Cloud, FL 34769 Frost Dates
When can you plant in St. Cloud, FL?
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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts St. Cloud in Zone 10a (30 to 35°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 19 weeks of growing season left in St. Cloud before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around St. Cloud'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 St. Cloud compares
At roughly 342 frost-free days, St. Cloud places 2,549 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 1,055 of 1,609.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around St. Cloud's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in St. Cloud can differ from the 34769 normal.