Right now
29°C / 85°F
Overcast · wind 12 km/h · 77% RH
Soil (6 cm)
29°C / 85°F
Warm-season seeds go
Hardiness zone
11a
est. from 10-yr extreme low 6°C
Frost window
Rare – Rare
~366 frost-free days (avg)
Sun
07:03 – 19:32
sunrise – sunset today
Moon
Waning Crescent
10% lit · solunar good · full 2026-09-26
7-day forecast
America/New_York
Tue
Overcast
31° / 24°
dry
Wed
Overcast
30° / 25°
dry
Thu
Showers
32° / 24°
31 mm
Fri
Overcast
32° / 29°
dry
Sat
Drizzle
32° / 29°
0.4 mm
Sun
Drizzle
31° / 29°
0.9 mm
Mon
Drizzle
31° / 29°
0.3 mm
This week
AI field guide · refreshed weeklyFort Lauderdale Gardening: Early Fall Planting Season Opens. Fishing Fort Lauderdale: September Transition—Tarpon, Permit, and Inshore Gamefish. Foraging in Fort Lauderdale: Early Fall Harvest.
Gardening
Fort Lauderdale Gardening: Early Fall Planting Season Opens
Sow & harvest now
- Lettuce (Lactuca sativa)
- Spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
- Radish (Raphanus sativus)
- Beet (Beta vulgaris)
Fishing
Fishing Fort Lauderdale: September Transition—Tarpon, Permit, and Inshore Gamefish
What's biting
- Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus)
- Permit (Trachinotus falcatus)
- Snook (Centropomus undecimalis)
- Redfish (Sciaenops ocellatus)
Foraging
Foraging in Fort Lauderdale: Early Fall Harvest
In season now
- Sea Grapes (Coccoloba uvifera)
- Coco Plums (Chrysobalanus icaco)
- Mulberries (Morus rubra, M. alba)
- Gregg's Mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum)
Your ecological region
Florida Peninsula
Subtropical to tropical: flatwoods, wetlands, springs and two coasts. Gardening runs October to May.
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