Port Orange, FL 32128 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Port Orange, FL, ZIP 32128
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/30, roughly 155 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/08, about 340 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Port Orange in Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9b around Port Orange 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.
The actual range around Port Orange's last frost
01/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/26 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 Port Orange compares
About 340 days separate Port Orange's last and first frost, putting it 2,619 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,068 of 1,609.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Port Orange can differ from the 32128 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Port Orange's frost date answer different questions.