Green Cove Springs, FL 32043 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Green Cove Springs, FL?
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 330 frost-free days later.
Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Green Cove Springs, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 19 weeks of growing season left in Green Cove Springs before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Green Cove Springs's last frost
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 Green Cove Springs compares
Green Cove Springs's growing season runs about 330 days, ranking 3,033 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 1,164 of 1,609.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Green Cove Springs's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Green Cove Springs can differ from the 32043 normal.