Frost dates for Tampa International Airport, 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 zones nearby
- 10a, 9b
- 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
- June to September: 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 °C71 °F · low ~12 °C53 °F · rain ~67 mm2.6 in
- February
- high ~23 °C74 °F · low ~13 °C56 °F · rain ~66 mm2.6 in
- March
- high ~25 °C78 °F · low ~15 °C59 °F · rain ~64 mm2.5 in
- April
- high ~28 °C83 °F · low ~18 °C65 °F · rain ~65 mm2.6 in
- May
- high ~31 °C88 °F · low ~21 °C71 °F · rain ~66 mm2.6 in
- June
- high ~32 °C90 °F · low ~24 °C75 °F · rain ~187 mm7.4 in
- July
- high ~33 °C91 °F · low ~25 °C77 °F · rain ~197 mm7.7 in
- August
- high ~33 °C91 °F · low ~25 °C77 °F · rain ~229 mm9 in
- September
- high ~32 °C90 °F · low ~24 °C75 °F · rain ~155 mm6.1 in
- October
- high ~30 °C86 °F · low ~21 °C69 °F · rain ~59 mm2.3 in
- November
- high ~26 °C79 °F · low ~16 °C61 °F · rain ~36 mm1.4 in
- December
- high ~23 °C74 °F · low ~13 °C56 °F · rain ~65 mm2.6 in
Where these numbers come from
NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 Climate Normals, the Tampa International Airport station (listed by NOAA as Tampa Intl Ap, USW00012842), at 27.96, -82.54. 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
33548, 33549, 33558, 33602, 33603, 33604, 33605, 33606, 33607, 33609, 33610, 33611, 33612, 33613, 33614, 33615, 33616, 33617, 33618, 33619, 33620, 33621, 33624, 33625, 33626, 33629, 33634, 33635, 33637.
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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.
- 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
- Kissimmee, FL, last frost by January 28
- Leesburg Municipal Airport, FL, last frost by January 26
- Orlando Sanford Airport, FL, last frost by January 24
Other stations in Florida.
- Fort Myers Page Field Airport, FL, frost is rare
- Gainesville Regional Airport, FL, last frost by March 3
- Naples Municipal Airport, FL, frost is rare
- Marco Island, FL, frost is rare
- Nettles Island, 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