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Florida frost dates by weather station

Florida has 176 NOAA weather stations with 1991–2020 freeze statistics. Median last spring frost dates run from Jan 15 at Sarasota Bradenton Airport to Mar 21 at Crestview Bob Sikes Airport.

176Stations
Jan 15Earliest last frostSarasota Bradenton Airport
Mar 21Latest last frostCrestview Bob Sikes Airport
365 daysLongest growing seasonWinter Haven Gilbert Airport

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Florida stations: median (50%) frost dates at 32°F
Station	Last spring frost	First fall frost	Growing season	Elevation
Apalachicola Airport	Feb 20	Dec 13	299 days	20 ft
Apalachicola Airport	Feb 15	Dec 18	307 days	19 ft
Arcadia	Feb 7	Jan 4	324 days	25 ft
Archbold Bio Station	Feb 26	Dec 22	300 days	140 ft
Avon Park 2 W	Jan 28	Jan 8	343 days	154 ft
Bahia Honda State Park	none	none	year-round	2 ft
Bartow 1se	Jan 24	Jan 7	352 days	111 ft
Bell 4nw	Mar 14	Nov 22	254 days	30 ft
Belle Glade	Jan 27	Jan 16	365 days	20 ft
Big Cypress	Jan 20	Jan 10	365 days	15 ft
Bonifay Tri Co Airport	Mar 5	Nov 18	260 days	85 ft
Bradenton 5 ESE	Jan 16	Jan 11	365 days	20 ft
Brighton Rsvn	Jan 31	Jan 12	347 days	14 ft
Brooksville Chin Hill	Feb 3	Jan 3	329 days	240 ft
Brooksville Hernando Co Airport	Mar 1	Dec 5	281 days	77 ft
Bushnell 1 E	Mar 2	Dec 5	281 days	80 ft
Canal Point Usda	none	none	year-round	30 ft
Cape Florida	none	none	year-round	6 ft
Chactaw Nolf Milton	Mar 1	Nov 27	273 days	102 ft
Chipley	Mar 5	Nov 21	263 days	130 ft
Clermont 9 S	Jan 29	Jan 11	349 days	130 ft
Clewiston #2	Jan 27	Jan 13	357 days	18 ft
Coral Springs	none	none	year-round	10 ft
Crescent City	Feb 1	Jan 8	334 days	53 ft
Crestview Bob Sikes Airport	Mar 21	Nov 12	237 days	190 ft
Cross City 1 E	Mar 6	Nov 26	263 days	42 ft
Cross City Airport	Mar 5	Nov 26	268 days	38 ft
Curry Hammock State Park	none	none	year-round	4 ft
Daytona Beach	Feb 3	Jan 9	333 days	29 ft
Daytona Beach Intl Airport	Jan 30	Jan 8	340 days	31 ft
De Funiak Springs 1 E	Feb 28	Nov 28	275 days	245 ft
Deland 1 SSE	Feb 17	Dec 30	310 days	25 ft
Destin Fort Walton Airport	Feb 5	Dec 28	321 days	22 ft
Devils Garden	Jan 25	Jan 13	365 days	26 ft
Dry Tortugas	none	none	year-round	3 ft
Duck Key	none	none	year-round	4 ft
Everglades	Jan 16	Jan 14	365 days	5 ft
Everglades City 5 NE	Jan 24	Jan 20	365 days	4 ft
Federal Point	Jan 31	Jan 4	337 days	5 ft
Fernandina Beach	Feb 2	Jan 4	333 days	49 ft
Flamingo Ranger Station	none	none	year-round	3 ft
Fort Green 12 WSW	Feb 6	Jan 3	325 days	112 ft
Fort Lauderdale	none	none	year-round	16 ft
Fort Lauderdale Beach	none	none	year-round	4 ft
Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport	none	none	year-round	14 ft
Fort Lauderdale Hollywood Airport	none	none	year-round	11 ft
Fort Myers Page Field Airport	Jan 16	Jan 13	365 days	15 ft
Fort Myers SW Fl Regional Airport	Jan 17	Jan 16	365 days	31 ft
Fort Pierce	Jan 22	Jan 12	365 days	25 ft
Fort Pierce St. Lucie Co Intl Airport	Jan 24	Jan 14	365 days	24 ft
Gainesville 11 WNW	Mar 4	Dec 4	274 days	95 ft
Gainesville Regional Airport	Mar 3	Dec 2	277 days	123 ft
Glen St. Mary 1 W	Mar 8	Dec 1	272 days	128 ft
Hastings 4ne	Feb 14	Dec 30	308 days	10 ft
Hialeah	none	none	year-round	12 ft
High Springs	Mar 13	Nov 22	255 days	65 ft
Hollywood	none	none	year-round	9 ft
Hollywood North Perry Airport	none	none	year-round	9 ft
Homestead Gen Aviation Airport	none	none	year-round	9 ft
Immokalee	Jan 23	Jan 11	365 days	35 ft
Inverness 3 SE	Mar 3	Dec 5	279 days	58 ft
Islamorada	none	none	year-round	6 ft
Jackson Whitehouse Nolf	Feb 28	Dec 3	280 days	99 ft
Jacksonville	Feb 25	Dec 7	288 days	33 ft
Jacksonville Beach	Jan 31	Jan 10	345 days	10 ft
Jacksonville Craig Muni Airport	Feb 9	Dec 31	314 days	41 ft
Jacksonville NAS	Feb 1	Jan 5	330 days	20 ft
Jasper	Mar 11	Nov 22	258 days	147 ft
John Pennekamp State Park	none	none	year-round	6 ft
Juno Beach	Jan 26	Jan 16	365 days	5 ft
Kenansville	Jan 26	Jan 10	354 days	61 ft
Key W WFO	none	none	year-round	4 ft
Key West Intl Airport	none	none	year-round	4 ft
Key West NAS	none	none	year-round	6 ft
Kissimmee 2	Jan 28	Jan 6	342 days	60 ft
Kissimmee Prairie Preserve	Jan 30	Jan 11	347 days	72 ft
La Belle	Feb 2	Jan 8	339 days	16 ft
Lake City 2 E	Mar 1	Nov 28	273 days	195 ft
Lakeland 2	Jan 26	Jan 9	349 days	139 ft
Leesburg Muni Airport	Jan 26	Jan 9	346 days	77 ft
Lisbon	Feb 2	Jan 3	327 days	68 ft
Live Oak	Feb 20	Dec 6	292 days	120 ft
Loxahatchee Nwr	Jan 22	Jan 17	365 days	21 ft
Madison	Mar 5	Nov 29	273 days	120 ft
Marathon Airport	none	none	year-round	8 ft
Marco Island	none	none	year-round	10 ft
Marianna Muni Airport	Mar 1	Nov 27	270 days	113 ft
Mayo	Mar 8	Nov 25	264 days	65 ft
Mayport Pilot Station	Feb 1	Jan 5	332 days	16 ft
Melbourne Beach A1a	Jan 16	Jan 13	365 days	12 ft
Melbourne Intl Airport	Jan 20	Jan 12	365 days	22 ft
Melbourne WFO	Jan 24	Jan 9	359 days	35 ft
Miami Beach	none	none	year-round	1 ft
Miami Intl Airport	none	none	year-round	29 ft
Miami Kendall Tamiami Exec Airport	none	none	year-round	10 ft
Miami Nwsfo	none	none	year-round	14 ft
Miami Opa Locka Airport	none	none	year-round	10 ft
Miami WSO City	none	none	year-round	15 ft
Milton Exp. Station	Mar 15	Nov 13	241 days	217 ft
Monticello 10 SW	Feb 25	Dec 3	286 days	219 ft
Monticello 5 SE	Mar 7	Nov 23	262 days	98 ft
Moore Haven Lock 1	Jan 23	Jan 11	361 days	35 ft
Mount Plymouth 1ssw	Feb 24	Dec 29	301 days	90 ft
Mountain Lake	Feb 4	Jan 4	332 days	125 ft
Myakka River State Park	Feb 1	Jan 6	336 days	19 ft
N Miami Beach #2	none	none	year-round	10 ft
NW Florida Beaches Intl Airport	Feb 25	Dec 1	280 days	57 ft
Naples	Jan 18	Jan 11	365 days	40 ft
Naples Muni Airport	none	none	year-round	9 ft
Nettles Island	none	none	year-round	10 ft
New Hope	Mar 10	Nov 20	259 days	105 ft
New Smyrna Bch - Marine Discov	Jan 28	Jan 9	365 days	16 ft
Niceville	Mar 12	Nov 19	253 days	60 ft
Oasis Ranger Station	Jan 18	Jan 16	365 days	8 ft
Ocala	Feb 25	Dec 12	293 days	75 ft
Okeechobee	Jan 31	Jan 11	355 days	18 ft
Orange Springs 2ssw	Mar 1	Dec 7	284 days	50 ft
Orlando Executive Airport	Jan 17	Jan 13	365 days	108 ft
Orlando Intl Airport	Jan 25	Jan 10	355 days	90 ft
Orlando Sanford Airport	Jan 24	Jan 9	352 days	55 ft
Orlando W	Jan 28	Jan 9	343 days	150 ft
Ortona Lock 2	Jan 27	Jan 11	348 days	20 ft
Palm Bay	Jan 30	Jan 11	343 days	27 ft
Palm Beach Gardens	Jan 21	Jan 15	365 days	20 ft
Palm Coast 6ne	Jan 24	Jan 11	356 days	5 ft
Panacea 1 S	Mar 8	Nov 22	262 days	6 ft
Panama City 5n	Feb 15	Dec 12	301 days	5 ft
Panama City Bay Co Airport	Feb 7	Dec 24	318 days	21 ft
Parrish	Jan 28	Jan 9	355 days	60 ft
Pensacola 7 NNE	Feb 17	Dec 9	299 days	114 ft
Pensacola Forest Sherman NAS	Feb 28	Nov 29	277 days	28 ft
Pensacola Regional Airport	Feb 14	Dec 9	301 days	112 ft
Perrine 4w	Jan 18	Jan 13	365 days	10 ft
Perry	Mar 4	Nov 26	267 days	45 ft
Perry Foley Airport	Mar 5	Nov 25	268 days	45 ft
Plant City	Jan 30	Jan 6	335 days	110 ft
Pompano Beach Airpark	none	none	year-round	21 ft
Port Salerno 5w	Jan 26	Jan 15	365 days	12 ft
Punta Gorda 4 ESE	Jan 21	Jan 14	365 days	20 ft
Punta Gorda Charlotte Co Airport	Jan 22	Jan 10	364 days	25 ft
Quincy 3 SSW	Mar 13	Nov 22	256 days	245 ft
Royal Palm Ranger Station	Jan 20	Jan 17	365 days	7 ft
S Bay 15 S	Jan 18	Jan 14	365 days	20 ft
Saint Leo	Jan 31	Jan 8	336 days	190 ft
Sanford	Jan 26	Jan 12	359 days	12 ft
Sarasota Bradenton Airport	Jan 15	Jan 10	365 days	28 ft
Scottsmoor 2.5 SSW	Feb 10	Jan 8	327 days	42 ft
Sebring 23 SSE	Feb 1	Jan 8	334 days	150 ft
St. Augustine Lighthouse	Feb 1	Jan 5	334 days	12 ft
St. Petersburg	Jan 17	Jan 15	365 days	8 ft
St. Petersburg Airport	none	none	year-round	8 ft
St. Petersburg Intl Airport	Jan 17	Jan 14	365 days	11 ft
Starke	Feb 8	Dec 24	313 days	150 ft
Stuart	Jan 23	Jan 18	365 days	13 ft
Tallahassee	Mar 11	Nov 21	255 days	63 ft
Tallahassee Airport	Mar 14	Nov 23	255 days	55 ft
Tamiami Trail 40 Mi Bend	none	none	year-round	15 ft
Tampa Bay Area WFO	Jan 20	Jan 9	357 days	40 ft
Tampa Intl Airport	Jan 20	Jan 12	365 days	19 ft
Tarpon Springs Sewage Plant	Jan 20	Jan 9	354 days	6 ft
Tavernier	none	none	year-round	7 ft
Titusville	Jan 25	Jan 13	362 days	16 ft
Titusville 7 E	Jan 29	Jan 16	353 days	3 ft
Usher Twr	Feb 28	Dec 2	279 days	33 ft
Venice	Jan 25	Jan 19	365 days	8 ft
Vero Beach 4se	Jan 18	Jan 13	365 days	20 ft
Vero Beach Intl Airport	Jan 24	Jan 13	365 days	28 ft
Wauchula	Feb 4	Jan 8	332 days	60 ft
Weeki Wachee	Feb 5	Jan 1	322 days	20 ft
West Palm Beach Intl Airport	none	none	year-round	19 ft
Wewahitchka	Mar 1	Nov 29	271 days	42 ft
White Springs 7n	Feb 24	Dec 7	287 days	132 ft
Whiting Field NAS	Mar 14	Nov 19	251 days	199 ft
Whiting Field NAS South	Feb 28	Nov 27	276 days	178 ft
Winter Haven	Jan 16	Jan 9	365 days	145 ft
Winter Haven Gilbert Airport	Jan 15	Jan 10	365 days	146 ft

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, annual/seasonal normals by station (version 1.0.1), file dated June 27, 2023; documentation.

Freeze dates are 30-year probabilities, not forecasts. Check your local forecast before planting tender plants.