St. Cloud, FL 34773 Frost Dates
St. Cloud, FL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/20, roughly 145 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/12, roughly 365 days after the last spring frost.
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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 20 weeks until St. Cloud's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
01/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
St. Cloud against the rest of the dataset
St. Cloud's growing season runs about 365 days, ranking 698 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 231 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 34773's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in St. Cloud can differ from the 34773 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and St. Cloud's frost date answer different questions.