Laurel Hill, FL 36483 Frost Dates
Laurel Hill, FL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/21, about 205 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/12, roughly 237 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Laurel Hill in Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 11 weeks until Laurel Hill'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
03/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/26 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/09 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Laurel Hill against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 237 frost-free days, Laurel Hill places 9,145 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 1,609 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 36483's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Laurel Hill's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Laurel Hill can differ from the 36483 normal.