Apalachicola, FL 32328 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Apalachicola, FL, ZIP 32328
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/20, roughly 176 days out. 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.
Why 02/20 isn't a guarantee
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
At roughly 299 frost-free days, Apalachicola places 4,170 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 1,334 of 1,609.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Apalachicola's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Apalachicola can differ from the 32328 normal.