Port Orange, FL 32127 Frost Dates
32127, near Port Orange, FL: the frost window
Around 01/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 155 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/08, roughly 340 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Port Orange in Zone 10a (30 to 35°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Port Orange's growing season runs out in roughly 19 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
01/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/26 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Port Orange against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 340 frost-free days, Port Orange places 2,618 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 1,067 of 1,609.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 32127: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 10a and Port Orange's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Port Orange's dates instead of trusting one.