USDA Hardiness Zone 10a
Frost Dates for 32754 — Mims, Florida
NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Scottsmoor 2.5 SSW, FL (42 ft), 2 miles northeast.
Updated
A freeze (32°F) reaches Mims in 88% of winters. When it does, the first freeze of winter comes around January 8 and the last freeze of winter around February 10; after March 10 the chance of another is under 9%.
- Last freeze
- February 10
- First freeze
- January 8
- Winters with a freeze
- 88%
- Hardiness zone
- 10a
50%, in freezing years
50%, in freezing years
32°F or below, 1991–2020
30 to 35°F (-1.1 to 1.7°C) coldest night
- First snow
- Rare
- Last snow
- Rare
- Winters with snow
- 0%
- Snow per year
- 0"
median, 1991–2020
median, 1991–2020
0 of 20 observed
NOAA normal
Frost risk by date in Mims
In the 88% of winters that bring a 32°F night, half of winters at Scottsmoor 2.5 SSW, FL see their last 32°F night by February 10; only one in ten is past it by January 7, and one in ten still has one after March 10. Counting the winters with no freeze at all, the risk of a 32°F night after March 10 is under 9% and after February 10 44%. The 28 days between the even-odds date and the one-in-ten date is wider than at 67% of the 101 Florida stations behind this site's ZIP pages, so a fixed calendar date is a gamble here.
In fall the first 32°F night comes by January 8 in half of years, as early as December 14 one year in ten, and holds off past February 9 one year in ten. A hard freeze of 28°F is less common: it came in 49% of winters. On average 4 nights a year drop to 32°F or below. Nights of 36°F, when frost can still settle on leaves in low, open spots, continue 16 days longer, to about February 26, and return around December 24. A 24°F night is unusual: 13% of winters had one.
| Low | 90% | 80% | 70% | 60% | 50% | 40% | 30% | 20% | 10% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36°F99% of yrs | Jan 27 | Feb 5 | Feb 12 | Feb 20 | Feb 26 | Mar 2 | Mar 7 | Mar 14 | Mar 20 |
| 32°F88% of yrs | Jan 7 | Jan 18 | Jan 30 | Feb 4 | Feb 10 | Feb 17 | Feb 23 | Mar 1 | Mar 10 |
| 28°F49% of yrs | too rare for a date | ||||||||
| 24°F13% of yrs | too rare for a date | ||||||||
| Low | 10% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 50% | 60% | 70% | 80% | 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36°F99% of yrs | Nov 29 | Dec 4 | Dec 11 | Dec 19 | Dec 24 | Dec 29 | Jan 3 | Jan 9 | Jan 19 |
| 32°F88% of yrs | Dec 14 | Dec 25 | Dec 30 | Jan 3 | Jan 8 | Jan 13 | Jan 19 | Jan 30 | Feb 9 |
| 28°F49% of yrs | too rare for a date | ||||||||
| 24°F13% of yrs | too rare for a date | ||||||||
Freeze probabilities 1991–2020 at Scottsmoor 2.5 SSW, FL, from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Where a temperature is reached in fewer than 99.5% of years, the dates describe only the years that reach it. Not a forecast.
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Compared with the next station
The nearest other station, Titusville, FL, 7 miles southeast of Mims, has a last frost 16 days earlier (January 25), a first frost 5 days later (January 13), a season 35 days longer.
When it snows in Mims, Florida
Measurable snow is rare here: only 0 of 20 winters from 1991 to 2020 recorded 0.1 inch or more at Titusville, FL, 7.3 miles away, so there is no typical first-snow date to plan around.
Where these figures come from
ZIP 32754 is 2 miles from Scottsmoor 2.5 SSW, FL, which stands at 42 feet, the nearest NOAA station that publishes freeze probabilities for 1991–2020. 1 other ZIP code shares the station. The 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map lists ZIP 32754 in zone 10a, the band where the coldest night of the year averaged 30 to 35°F (-1.1 to 1.7°C) over 1991–2020; a zone describes winter lows, not frost dates.
Hardiness zone and temperature range: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023 (USDA-ARS, Oregon State University), ZIP-code listing, unchanged. °C converted from °F by this site.
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