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Ocean Breeze, FL 34952 Frost Dates

Ocean Breeze, FL: when does the frost end?

Zone 10a

Around 01/23 is the usual last spring frost, about 148 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/18, roughly 365 days after the last spring frost.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ocean Breeze 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 Ocean Breeze'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

01/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/04 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 02/10 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.

Ocean Breeze against the rest of the dataset

About 365 days separate Ocean Breeze's last and first frost, putting it 1,989 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 891 of 1,609.

Learn more

Before leaning on 34952's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Ocean Breeze's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Ocean Breeze can differ from the 34952 normal.