Palatka, FL 32007 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Palatka, FL, ZIP 32007
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/01, about 157 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/05, about 334 frost-free days later.
Palatka sits in USDA Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9b around Palatka has about 19 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
02/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Palatka compares
About 334 days separate Palatka's last and first frost, putting it 2,793 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,108 of 1,609.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Palatka's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Palatka's dates instead of trusting one.