Winter Garden, FL 34787 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Winter Garden, FL?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/17, roughly 142 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/13, about 365 frost-free days later.
Winter Garden 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
About 20 weeks of growing season left in Winter Garden before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 01/17 isn't a guarantee
01/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Winter Garden compares
About 365 days separate Winter Garden's last and first frost, putting it 900 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 370 of 1,609.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Winter Garden's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Winter Garden can differ from the 34787 normal.