USDA Hardiness Zone 10a
Frost Dates for 34761 — Ocoee, Florida
NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Orlando W, FL (150 ft), 5 miles south.
Updated
A freeze (32°F) reaches Ocoee in 70% of winters. When it does, the first freeze of winter comes around January 9 and the last freeze of winter around January 28; after February 26 the chance of another is under 7%.
- Last freeze
- January 28
- First freeze
- January 9
- Winters with a freeze
- 70%
- 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 24 observed
NOAA normal
Frost risk by date in Ocoee
In the 70% of winters that bring a 32°F night, half of winters at Orlando W, FL see their last 32°F night by January 28; only one in ten is past it by January 1, and one in ten still has one after February 26. Counting the winters with no freeze at all, the risk of a 32°F night after February 26 is under 7% and after January 28 35%. The 29 days between the even-odds date and the one-in-ten date is wider than at 77% 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 9 in half of years, as early as December 18 one year in ten, and holds off past February 6 one year in ten. A hard freeze of 28°F is less common: it came in 29% of winters. On average 2 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 11 days longer, to about February 8, and return around December 27. A 24°F night is unusual: 6% of winters had one.
| Low | 90% | 80% | 70% | 60% | 50% | 40% | 30% | 20% | 10% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36°F96% of yrs | Jan 10 | Jan 22 | Jan 31 | Feb 4 | Feb 8 | Feb 16 | Feb 23 | Feb 28 | Mar 12 |
| 32°F70% of yrs | Jan 1 | Jan 8 | Jan 14 | Jan 21 | Jan 28 | Feb 2 | Feb 8 | Feb 16 | Feb 26 |
| 28°F29% of yrs | too rare for a date | ||||||||
| 24°F6% of yrs | too rare for a date | ||||||||
| Low | 10% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 50% | 60% | 70% | 80% | 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36°F96% of yrs | Dec 1 | Dec 6 | Dec 14 | Dec 21 | Dec 27 | Jan 1 | Jan 6 | Jan 13 | Jan 24 |
| 32°F70% of yrs | Dec 18 | Dec 27 | Jan 1 | Jan 5 | Jan 9 | Jan 15 | Jan 21 | Jan 29 | Feb 6 |
| 28°F29% of yrs | too rare for a date | ||||||||
| 24°F6% of yrs | too rare for a date | ||||||||
Freeze probabilities 1991–2020 at Orlando W, 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, Orlando Executive Airport, FL, 12 miles east of Ocoee, has a 32°F night in 35% of winters against 70% here.
When it snows in Ocoee, Florida
Measurable snow is rare here: only 0 of 24 winters from 1991 to 2020 recorded 0.1 inch or more at Clermont 9 S, FL, 14.3 miles away, so there is no typical first-snow date to plan around.
Where these figures come from
ZIP 34761 is 5 miles from Orlando W, FL, which stands at 150 feet, the nearest NOAA station that publishes freeze probabilities for 1991–2020. 9 other ZIP codes share the station; its figures are presented in full for 34787 (Winter Garden). The 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map lists ZIP 34761 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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