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When to plant in Pebble Creek, FL

USDA Zone 9b

Everything below — frost dates, hardiness zone, and what to plant when in Pebble Creek, Florida — is derived from the closest NOAA station with complete climate normals.

A ~-23-day frost-free window makes Pebble Creek a short-season garden: choose early varieties and start long-season crops indoors well ahead of the last frost. These dates come from a station roughly 21 km away, the closest with full normals; terrain around Pebble Creek (elevation, water, pavement) can move your real frost dates a few days either way. In zone 9b, frost is a minor factor for Pebble Creek — most perennials thrive, and annual vegetables can go out early and stay late.

Station · SAINT LEO · 21.3 km
Last spring frost
January 31
50% chance · 32°F
First fall frost
January 8
50% chance · 32°F
Growing season
-23 days
frost-free
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Frost calendar for Pebble CreekA year-band from January to December for Pebble Creek: Pebble Creek is effectively frost-free at 32°F — no distinct frost season.
Pebble Creek is effectively frost-free at 32°F — no distinct frost season.

The average first fall frost in Pebble Creek is now 8 days later than in the 1981–2010 normals. See how frost dates are shifting nationwide →

Frost probability

SAINT LEO · 1991–2020

The date the last spring and first fall frost occur, by threshold and probability. A 90% date is later in spring — and earlier in fall — than a 10% date; the 50% · 32°F row is what most gardeners plan around. These are Pebble Creek’s own odds, recorded at SAINT LEO.

Frost-probability curves for Pebble CreekProbability of the last spring frost and first fall frost by date at 32°F. The last spring frost is most likely around January 31 and the first fall frost around January 8, where a 32°F freeze is rare enough that there is effectively no distinct frost season.
Last spring frostFirst fall frostbold = 32°F · thin = 28°F / 36°F · dot = 50% date · band = 10–90% window
ThresholdSPRING 10%SPRING 50%SPRING 90%FALL 10%FALL 50%FALL 90%
36°FMar 15Feb 16Jan 16Nov 28Dec 22Jan 23
32°FFeb 28Jan 31Jan 3Dec 10Jan 8Feb 10
28°FFeb 19Jan 24Dec 27Dec 21Jan 14Feb 15

Download this table as CSV ↓ — every threshold and probability, plus this city’s planting-window dates.

What to plant now

TODAY · JULY 19

Nothing new to sow or transplant outdoors in the next few weeks — a seasonal lull. Check the full-year calendar below for the next window.

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Full-year planting calendar

Start indoorsTransplantDirect sowFall sow

Each bar is the exact window to take a planting action in Pebble Creek, drawn to the day from the local frost dates. The dashed line is today.

Nearby weather stations

3 within 29 km · complete 32°F normals

When stations disagree by more than a few days, that spread is real microclimate variation — elevation, water, urban heat. Judge which station best matches your own yard.

SAINT LEO
Primary
21 km · 58 m elevation
SPRING
Jan 31
FALL
Jan 8
PLANT CITY
25 km · 34 m elevation
SPRING
Jan 30
FALL
Jan 6
TAMPA INTL AP
29 km · 6 m elevation
SPRING
Jan 20
FALL
Jan 12

Pebble Creek planting FAQ

When is the last spring frost in Pebble Creek, FL?

Pebble Creek's average last spring frost falls near January 31 — the 50% mark at 32°F in the 1991–2020 normals. Hold tender transplants until the risk has passed, then plant out.

When is the first fall frost in Pebble Creek, FL?

In Pebble Creek, the first 32°F freeze of fall lands around January 8 on average. Time your last harvests and any season-extension cover before it.

What hardiness zone is Pebble Creek in?

Pebble Creek is in USDA hardiness zone 9b. In zone 9b, winters are mild — many tender perennials overwinter here.

How long is the growing season in Pebble Creek?

Pebble Creek has about -23 frost-free days — a short growing season — between the average last spring frost (January 31) and first fall frost (January 8).

When should I plant tomatoes in Pebble Creek?

For Pebble Creek, sow tomatoes indoors about December 6–December 20 and move the seedlings out around February 7, after the last spring frost.

Planting reminders

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Nearby cities

8 within reach

Frost dates recorded at SAINT LEO, 21 km from the city center · 1991–2020 NOAA climate normals · zone from the USDA/PRISM 2023 map. How we compute this.

Cite this page
BlissGarden. "When to Plant in Pebble Creek, FL — Frost Dates & Zone 9b." Frost normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, station USC00087851. Retrieved from https://blissgarden.com/florida/pebble-creek.