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Last and first frost dates in David

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David had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

Last spring frostnone in ten years
First autumn frostnone in ten years

Median of 2016–2025 for the 25 km grid cell of the city: the last day at or below 0 °C in spring and the first in autumn (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo). In a cold year a frost can come a week or two later — Greenly warns 48 hours ahead.

There is no frost season here: crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

When the soil warms up in David

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).

SoilDate
5 °Calready in the first week of January
10 °Calready in the first week of January
15 °Calready in the first week of January
18 °Calready in the first week of January

Frost dates near David

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Santiago de Veraguas164 km——
San Isidro de El General175 km——
Limón185 km——
San José246 km——
Colón295 km——

Seeds, seedlings and markets in David

Within 15 km of David OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 14 farm-supply shops, 7 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Vivero Cocheran, 0 km away.

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in David by month

Average weather in David over 2016–2025: the warmest month is March. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (27.7–33.5 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: January–April (30.6–33.5 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 21.7 °C. About 3820 mm of rain falls in a year, on 294 days; October is the wettest month (619 mm) and February the driest (43 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January30.621.76214
February32.621.84312
March33.522.35815
April31.322.620224
May29.322.546630
June28.622.244529
July28.622.337829
August28.522.242130
September28.721.943230
October28.121.761931
November27.721.954129
December28.921.815321

Average of the daily highs and lows, rain per month and days with at least 1 mm (ERA5 via Open-Meteo, the same grid cell as the frost dates).