Frost dates for Islamorada, Florida
Frost is rare here. In a typical year this station records no freeze at all, so there is no last-frost date to plan around and the growing season runs all year.
- Growing season
- All year
- Hardiness zone nearby
- 11b
- Summer days
- a usual high of about 31 °C88 °F
- Lettuce and spinach run to seed
- April to September, in hot, long days (how we know)
Summer and rain
A growing garden needs about 25 mm1 in of water a week, rain and watering together. Here is what a normal month brings.
- Nearly every drop is yours
- January: rain brings less than a quarter of the water a growing garden needs, about 25 mm1 in a week (how we know)
Month by month
- January
- high ~24 °C75 °F · low ~18 °C65 °F · rain ~25 mm1 in
- February
- high ~25 °C77 °F · low ~19 °C67 °F · rain ~34 mm1.3 in
- March
- high ~26 °C78 °F · low ~20 °C69 °F · rain ~34 mm1.3 in
- April
- high ~27 °C81 °F · low ~22 °C72 °F · rain ~70 mm2.8 in
- May
- high ~29 °C84 °F · low ~24 °C76 °F · rain ~60 mm2.4 in
- June
- high ~30 °C87 °F · low ~26 °C78 °F · rain ~129 mm5.1 in
- July
- high ~32 °C89 °F · low ~26 °C80 °F · rain ~98 mm3.9 in
- August
- high ~32 °C89 °F · low ~26 °C79 °F · rain ~142 mm5.6 in
- September
- high ~31 °C88 °F · low ~26 °C79 °F · rain ~206 mm8.1 in
- October
- high ~30 °C85 °F · low ~25 °C76 °F · rain ~115 mm4.5 in
- November
- high ~27 °C80 °F · low ~22 °C71 °F · rain ~40 mm1.6 in
- December
- high ~25 °C78 °F · low ~20 °C68 °F · rain ~31 mm1.2 in
Where these numbers come from
NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 Climate Normals, the Islamorada station (listed by NOAA as Islamorada, USC00084320), at 24.92, -80.64. These are that station’s own records, unshifted. The further your garden is from it, the less exactly they describe your ground. The planner finds the nearest station to your garden and lowers its confidence with distance, so no number is presented as if it were measured in your garden.
Cold air also pools in low ground on the clear, still nights when frost happens, so a hollow can freeze while a slope a few hundred feet away does not. No table can know that about your garden. A few seasons of your own logged frosts can.
ZIP codes nearest this station
33001, 33036, 33070.
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Nearby stations
The nearest stations and how their last-frost dates compare. Together they show how frost varies across your area.
- John Pennekamp State Park, FL, frost is rare
- Homestead Gen Aviation Airport, FL, frost is rare
- Bahia Honda State Park, FL, frost is rare
- Miami International Airport, FL, frost is rare
- Key W, FL, frost is rare
- Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, FL, frost is rare
Other stations in Florida.
- Marco Island, FL, frost is rare
- Naples Municipal Airport, FL, frost is rare
- West Palm Beach International Airport, FL, frost is rare
- Palm Beach Gardens, FL, frost is rare
- Fort Myers Page Field Airport, FL, frost is rare
- Nettles Island, FL, frost is rare
- Sarasota Bradenton Airport, FL, frost is rare
- Kissimmee, FL, last frost by January 28