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Sarasota, FL

Earthquake hazard, typical weather and growing season from public federal data. Population 53,326.

Flood zone: it depends on the exact parcel

There is no such thing as a flood zone for a whole city. Two houses on the same street can sit in different zones, and it is the single fact here that changes most over a short distance. So this page does not guess one.

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Earthquake hazard very-low

Design category A

Very low seismic hazard. Damaging earthquakes are rare at this location and design ground motions are minimal. Ordinary buildings carry essentially no special seismic-detailing requirement. The ASCE 7 Seismic Design Category here is A. (Short-period design value Ss ≈ 0.048 g — the standard headline measure of ground-shaking hazard.)

USGS Seismic Design Web Services (ASCE 7), assuming Site Class D — stiff or unknown soil. Real soil conditions can move the category either way.

Typical weather

91.5° in July, 51.6° in January

Thirty-year averages, not a forecast. Any individual year can differ substantially.

MonthHighLowRainSnow
Jan72.4°51.6°2.68"0"
Feb75°54.2°2"0"
Mar77.9°57.5°2.97"0"
Apr82.5°62.5°2.47"0"
May87.3°67.8°3.25"0"
Jun89.9°72.9°7.81"0"
Jul91.5°74.3°7.39"0"
Aug91.5°74.7°8.34"0"
Sep90°73.2°7.16"0"
Oct85.8°67.5°3.35"0"
Nov80°59.7°1.54"0"
Dec75°54.8°2.31"0"

NOAA/NCEI 1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals — station VENICE, FL US, 12.4 mi away.

Growing season zone 10a

365 frost-free days

Last spring frost around n/a, first fall frost around n/a. Roughly half of years see frost outside that window.

2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map and NOAA/NCEI 1991–2020 frost normals.

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