Apalachicola, FL 32320 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Apalachicola, FL, ZIP 32320
Around 02/20 is the usual last spring frost, about 176 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/13, about 299 frost-free days later.
Apalachicola 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 Apalachicola has about 15 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 Apalachicola's last frost
02/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Apalachicola compares
Apalachicola's growing season runs about 299 days, ranking 4,169 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 1,333 of 1,609.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Apalachicola's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Apalachicola's dates instead of trusting one.