Right now
30°C / 87°F
Clear · wind 10 km/h · 73% RH
Soil (6 cm)
30°C / 85°F
Warm-season seeds go
Hardiness zone
10b
est. from 10-yr extreme low 4°C
Frost window
Jan 2 – Rare
~364 frost-free days (avg)
Sun
07:10 – 19:39
sunrise – sunset today
Moon
Waning Crescent
10% lit · solunar good · full 2026-09-26
7-day forecast
America/New_York
Tue
Drizzle
31° / 25°
0.4 mm
Wed
Overcast
32° / 25°
dry
Thu
Thunderstorms
33° / 24°
4.38 mm
Fri
Thunderstorms
36° / 27°
9.2 mm
Sat
Thunderstorms
35° / 24°
8.5 mm
Sun
Thunderstorms
35° / 24°
15.9 mm
Mon
Overcast
35° / 25°
dry
This week
AI field guide · refreshed weeklyFort Myers Garden Guide: Early Fall Planting Season. Fort Myers Fishing: Early Fall in the Estuary. Foraging in Southwest Florida: Early Fall.
Gardening
Fort Myers Garden Guide: Early Fall Planting Season
Sow & harvest now
- Tomato (determinate varieties: 'Florida 91', 'Homestead 24')
- Pepper (bell and hot: 'Aji Amarillo', 'Serrano')
- Leafy greens (lettuce, spinach, arugula, mizuna)
- Okra (Clemson Spineless, Emerald)
Fishing
Fort Myers Fishing: Early Fall in the Estuary
What's biting
- Redfish (Red Drum)
- Spotted Seatrout
- Tarpon
- Snook
Foraging
Foraging in Southwest Florida: Early Fall
In season now
- Sea Grapes (Coccoloba uvifera)
- Coco Plums (Chrysobalanus icaco)
- Mulberries (Morus rubra, M. alba)
- Gregg's Mistflower (Conoclinium greggii)
Your ecological region
Florida Peninsula
Subtropical to tropical: flatwoods, wetlands, springs and two coasts. Gardening runs October to May.
Regional guide →Your hardiness zone
Zone 10b
Estimated from a 10-year average extreme low of 4°C. What grows, what bites and what to forage across your zone.
Zone guide →Get this guide for Fort Myers every week
Frost warnings, what's biting, what's ripening. One email, Sunday evening.