Frost dates for Kissimmee, Florida
Half of years have their last spring frost by January 28, but 1 year in 10 still frosts after February 25.
A frost date is really a percentile from 30 years of records at a nearby weather station: in about half of years a frost still comes after the median date. Both numbers are below, so you can choose the risk yourself.
The odds
Last spring frost
How often a frost still comes on or after each date.
- 1 year in 10
- February 25
- 1 year in 5
- February 14
- 3 years in 10
- February 6
- 2 years in 5
- February 1
- Half of years (the median)
- January 28
First fall freeze
How often the first freeze comes on or before each date.
- 1 year in 10
- December 17
- 1 year in 5
- December 25
- 3 years in 10
- December 30
- 2 years in 5
- January 2
- Half of years (the median)
- January 6
- Growing season
- about 342 days
- Hardiness zone nearby
- 10a
- Summer days
- a usual high of about 33 °C91 °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.
- Hot-weather watering
- July to August: days run above 32 °C90 °F and nights stay above 21 °C70 °F, so expect to water daily or every other day (how we know)
Month by month
- January
- high ~22 °C72 °F · low ~9 °C48 °F · rain ~68 mm2.7 in
- February
- high ~24 °C74 °F · low ~10 °C51 °F · rain ~60 mm2.4 in
- March
- high ~26 °C78 °F · low ~12 °C54 °F · rain ~78 mm3.1 in
- April
- high ~28 °C83 °F · low ~15 °C60 °F · rain ~62 mm2.4 in
- May
- high ~31 °C87 °F · low ~19 °C66 °F · rain ~106 mm4.2 in
- June
- high ~32 °C90 °F · low ~22 °C72 °F · rain ~233 mm9.2 in
- July
- high ~33 °C92 °F · low ~23 °C74 °F · rain ~183 mm7.2 in
- August
- high ~33 °C91 °F · low ~23 °C74 °F · rain ~213 mm8.4 in
- September
- high ~32 °C89 °F · low ~23 °C73 °F · rain ~149 mm5.9 in
- October
- high ~29 °C85 °F · low ~19 °C66 °F · rain ~78 mm3.1 in
- November
- high ~26 °C79 °F · low ~14 °C57 °F · rain ~50 mm2 in
- December
- high ~23 °C74 °F · low ~11 °C51 °F · rain ~55 mm2.1 in
Where these numbers come from
NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 Climate Normals, the Kissimmee station (listed by NOAA as Kissimmee, USC00084625), at 28.28, -81.42. 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
32821, 32837, 33837, 33848, 33896, 34741, 34743, 34744, 34746, 34747, 34758, 34759…
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34769, 34772.
Nearby stations
The nearest stations and how their last-frost dates compare. Together they show how frost varies across your area.
- Orlando Sanford Airport, FL, last frost by January 24
- Leesburg Municipal Airport, FL, last frost by January 26
- Tampa International Airport, FL, frost is rare
- St Petersburg International Airport, FL, frost is rare
- Tarpon Springs Sewage Plt, FL, last frost by January 20
- Sarasota Bradenton Airport, FL, frost is rare
Other stations in Florida.
- Nettles Island, FL, frost is rare
- Gainesville Regional Airport, FL, last frost by March 3
- Fort Myers Page Field Airport, FL, frost is rare
- Palm Beach Gardens, FL, frost is rare
- Jacksonville Naval Air Station, FL, last frost by February 1
- West Palm Beach International Airport, FL, frost is rare
- Naples Municipal Airport, FL, frost is rare
- Marco Island, FL, frost is rare
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