New Port Richey East, Florida, sits in USDA hardiness zone 10a — a range where zone-matched perennials and frost-aware annual timing set what succeeds.
Reliable performers under these conditions include mango, tomato, orange, and sweet potato; what your own ground favors still comes down to its soil, sun, and drainage.
Even in New Port Richey East, no two yards are alike.
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New Port Richey East — the short answer
New Port Richey East, Florida: USDA zone 10a, about 325 days between hard freezes, across 2K acres of town.
- USDA zone
- 10a
- USDA PHZM 2023
- Last hard freeze (28°F)
- Jan 27
- Pasco County normal — NOAA 1991–2020, nearest to this town
- First hard freeze (28°F)
- Dec 18
- Pasco County normal — NOAA 1991–2020, nearest to this town
- Days between freezes
- ~325
- Pasco County normal — NOAA 1991–2020, nearest to this town
- Town area
- 2K acres
- US Census TIGER/Line 2025
Every figure names the dataset it came from. No 30-year normal resolves at this town’s own centroid, so the hard-freeze dates are Pasco County’s — the closest measured record, labelled as such rather than passed off as local.
Hardiness Zone Range
Zone 10a is New Port Richey East's average, not your lot's — a low corner or a tree line moves it. Against New Port Richey East's 325-day season, see what your own ground reads.
Soil varies lot by lot — soil types explained.
What this means for growing in New Port Richey East
Each reading below is measured for New Port Richey East itself — here is what it means for a garden here, and the move an experienced grower makes about it.
Season length
From county recordsNew Port Richey East runs about 325 days between hard freezes (read from Pasco County, the closest normal to New Port Richey East) — close to year-round growing.
Frost is rarely the limit here; winter plantings are as real as summer ones, and the harder question is which crops shrug off the summer heat.
Grow cool-season crops through the mild winter, and choose heat-tolerant varieties for the summer beds.
NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals
Winter hardiness
MeasuredNew Port Richey East sits in USDA hardiness zone 10a.
The zone sets which perennials, shrubs, and fruit trees live through an average winter here — a plant rated for a colder zone is a safe bet, one rated warmer needs winter protection or gets treated as an annual.
Match perennials and fruit to the zone before you buy, so nothing you plant is a gamble against the cold.
USDA PHZM 2023
The kind of country New Port Richey East is in
New Port Richey East sits in the Southern Coastal Plain — EPA Level III, inside the wider Eastern Temperate Forests. That is read at New Port Richey East's own centroid rather than borrowed from Pasco County.
What Grows in New Port Richey East
Plants matched to New Port Richey East's USDA zones 10a, ordered by how much hardiness margin each has here — the ones with room to spare at both ends of this town's band lead. Each links to its full growing profile.
Is it too late to plant in New Port Richey East?
For most of the year, no — what changes is which crops still fit the days remaining. Cool-season crops can go in from around Jan 1; tender transplants wait until two to three weeks after the last 28°F hard freeze, which lands near Jan 27 (NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals); and from midsummer, planting counts back from the first fall freeze around Dec 18 — long-season crops need about 90 days of runway, quick greens only 30. In a climate this gentle, “too late” hardly applies — the question becomes which crops prefer the cooler months ahead.
What's on the federal record near New Port Richey East
Closest first, within ~10 miles of New Port Richey East. Listing isn't leaking, and distance isn't exposure.
- MOBIL-MASSACHUSETTS #544Underground Storage Tanks · 1900 ft
- WALGREENS STORE #6886Brownfields · 2100 ft
- PREMIER FLEET REPAIRBrownfields · 0.6 mi
- MAJIK MARKET #399-08Underground Storage Tanks · 0.6 mi
- HAGEN SERVICE CENTERUnderground Storage Tanks · 0.6 mi
- MARCHMAN TECHNICAL EDUCATION CENTERBrownfields · 0.7 mi
- RIDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLBrownfields · 0.7 mi
- R J'S BURGERS & DOGSUnderground Storage Tanks · 0.7 mi
- FARM STORE #2859Brownfields · 0.8 mi
- PASCO COUNTY FACILITIES MGT DEPTBrownfields · 0.8 mi
- FLORIDA DEP DSCP SITE D526 ERIC_5245Brownfields · 0.8 mi
- TAHITIAN SANITATION SERVICESUnderground Storage Tanks · 0.9 mi
6 more sites are on the record inside the same radius. See them on the map
Measured from New Port Richey East's center, not your beds. Run your own address for what's upwind of you specifically.
Environmental Intelligence
The counts behind that headline — every source type on the record near New Port Richey East.
Total Sites
811
within ~10 miles of New Port Richey East
Risk Level
Elevated
Highest-severity
6 Superfund sites
Sources Checked
within ~10 miles of New Port Richey East
Severity Distribution
within ~10 miles of New Port Richey East
Highest-Severity Sites
A note from Gnorman
What an experienced grower watches for around here
In and around New Port Richey East, PFAS runs higher than the national average — 8 sites within ~10 miles of New Port Richey East. Knowing it is half the work — and it's nothing a thoughtful grower can't plan for.
PFAS: PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are called "forever chemicals" because they do not biodegrade.
Test irrigation water source — this is the primary pathway for PFAS to reach garden crops.
Check your specific parcel in New Port Richey East
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Your land is one point inside New Port Richey East
Everything above resolves to New Port Richey East as a whole — one PHZM band, read across 2K acres, with hard-freeze dates borrowed from Pasco County’s record because no 30-year normal resolves at this town’s own centroid. Your parcel is one point inside that footprint. Slope, tree cover, a low spot that pools cold air, and what is in the soil are all resolved at the address, and none of them are visible at town scale. That is the honest boundary of this page, and the reason the next step is a reading of your own ground rather than a better local average.
Your Lot vs the New Port Richey East Average
New Port Richey East Average
- ●USDA Zones 10a, averaged across New Port Richey East
- ●One soil character for all of New Port Richey East
- ●Frost dates read at New Port Richey East's scale: Jan 27 to Dec 18
YOUR Parcel
- ✓Your exact zone, not New Port Richey East's 10a
- ✓Your SSURGO soil type & pH
- ✓Your sun exposure, cast in 3D
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Read your specific parcel in New Port Richey East
Pull a site-specific report for your exact address in New Port Richey East, Florida — soil, sun, drainage, frost risk, and scored plant recommendations.
Three things about your lot that New Port Richey East averages can't show:
We read public map data around New Port Richey East — soil, climate, flood, and parcel records. How we handle your address.
25+ data sources read at your address, not the New Port Richey East average
How we know this about New Port Richey East
The datasets: hardiness from the USDA ARS Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023, read at this town’s own centroid; hard-freeze dates from NOAA 1991–2020 28°F normals at Pasco County’s record, because none resolves here; boundaries and acreage from US Census TIGER/Line 2025; the contamination records from the federal sources named in their beats above. Soil is not read at town grain anywhere on this page — there is no town-resolution survey in our data, which is why you will find no soil grid here rather than a statewide one wearing a local label. The resolution ledger below names every figure this page inherited.
Common questions about New Port Richey East
When does frost risk typically end in New Port Richey East?
The last hard freeze (28°F) in New Port Richey East typically lands around Jan 27, per NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals — earlier than the light-frost dates most charts quote. That marks the hard freeze, not the last light frost — lighter frosts keep biting past it, which is why tender transplants here wait until about Feb 17.
When is the first frost in New Port Richey East?
The first hard freeze (28°F) in New Port Richey East typically arrives around Dec 18, per NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals — the point tender summer crops finish. Lighter frosts run ahead of it, near Dec 4, so the watching starts about Nov 18 — about 325 days after the spring freeze cleared.
How long is the growing season in New Port Richey East?
Measured between 28°F hard freezes, New Port Richey East sees about 325 frost-free days — roughly Jan 27 through Dec 18, per NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals. Tender crops work a shorter one: nearer Feb 17 to Dec 4, about 290 days.
Is the soil safe to grow vegetables in New Port Richey East?
The federal record around New Port Richey East is a meaningful one — 811 documented sites, mostly Underground Storage Tanks entries (394), the nearest Underground Storage Tanks record about 0.4 miles out — so a soil test before new food beds is a sensible precaution here, not a reason to hold back from growing. Remember that proximity to a documented site is information, not a diagnosis of any one yard; the contamination map shows exactly what sits where.
How do I protect my plants from frost in New Port Richey East?
From about Nov 18 the job here turns from planting to protecting — the last start even a 30-day crop can finish. As the season closes around the first 28°F hard freeze near Dec 18 (NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals), three moves buy time: row cover or an old sheet over tender plants on still, clear nights; water the soil the afternoon before a freeze, so it holds warmth overnight; and harvest tomatoes, peppers and basil before Dec 18. Hardy greens and roots shrug off light frost and sweeten after it — leave them in.
Everything above is measured at New Port Richey East's scale — its 10a band and its 325-day season. Your yard writes its own version of New Port Richey East's numbers: we read soil, sun, drainage and frost at your exact address. Try it for 14 days — no card required.
What this page reads at New Port Richey East’s own scale
4 of the readings below were taken at New Port Richey East's own scale — the 2,435 acres it covers and 811 documented sites around it; 6 are borrowed from a wider read, named and linked below.
Measured here
- New Port Richey East's own USDA hardiness band, zones 10aUSDA PHZM 2023
- 811 documented contamination sites on the federal record near New Port Richey East, the closest Underground Storage Tanks record about 0.4 miles out from the town centreFederal environmental registers
- New Port Richey East's boundary and the 2,435 acres inside itUS Census TIGER/Line 2025
- The ecoregion at New Port Richey East's own centroid, the Southern Coastal PlainUS EPA Level III Ecoregions
Inherited from a wider read
- The 28°F hard-freeze dates — New Port Richey East has no normal of its own, so its county's is the closest measured readfrom Pasco County
- Soil character — no town-scale survey exists, so New Port Richey East's 2,435 acres read through its county's SSURGO summaryfrom Pasco County
- The candidate plant list — Florida's curated set, filtered to this zone band and re-ordered by how much margin each has herefrom Florida
- Growing-degree days and winter chill — measured county-wide only, so the county page carries themfrom Pasco County
- The growing challenges every Florida grower plans around — written at state scale, so they stay on the state guidefrom Florida
- Butterfly and beetle records, and the farmland pesticide estimate — all published county-widefrom Pasco County
What this page can’t tell you
- The soil pH, drainage, sun hours, and frost pockets on any one lot among New Port Richey East's 2,435 acreswhy one lot differs from the next →
- Which side of New Port Richey East you're on — a low spot frosts first and a south wall warms early, and one normal is being asked to speak for all 2,435 acresreading your own microclimate →
- How close that record sits to YOUR lot — the closest Underground Storage Tanks record about 0.4 miles out, measured from the town centrehow we read the record →
- Where cold air settles, which slopes face the sun, and which way the wind runs on your own ground — measured at your address, and averaged away by any New Port Richey East-wide figureread your own land →
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