Last and first frost dates in Fort Myers

United States

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

Last spring frost	none in ten years
First autumn frost	none 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 Fort Myers

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

Soil	Date
5 °C	already in the first week of January
10 °C	already in the first week of January
15 °C	already in the first week of January
18 °C	already in the first week of January

Frost dates near Fort Myers

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in St. Petersburg (18 January) and latest in Gainesville (22 January).

City	Distance	Last spring frost	First autumn frost
St. Petersburg	156 km	18 January	—
Tampa	159 km	18 January	24 December
Miami	192 km	—	—
Orlando	219 km	18 January	25 December
Gainesville	340 km	22 January	24 December

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Fort Myers

Within 15 km of Fort Myers OpenStreetMap lists 5 garden centres and 1 market (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Danny Yates Landscape Nursery, 13 km away.

Danny Yates Landscape Nursery — garden centre
Southwest Pine Island Road 425, 33991 Cape Coral · 13 km

Weather in Fort Myers by month

Average weather in Fort Myers over 2016–2025: the warmest month is July. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (23.1–31.8 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: May–September (31–31.8 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 13.5 °C. About 1513 mm of rain falls in a year, on 170 days; June is the wettest month (264 mm) and March the driest (50 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days
January	23.1	13.5	62	7
February	26.1	15.9	53	6
March	27.7	16.6	50	8
April	29.8	18.8	60	9
May	31.4	21.2	120	14
June	31	23.2	264	25
July	31.8	23.9	206	25
August	31.6	24	242	27
September	31.1	23.4	246	23
October	29.6	21.4	102	14
November	27	17.7	57	7
December	25.1	15.6	51	5

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).