Sopchoppy, FL 32358 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Sopchoppy, FL, ZIP 32358
Around 03/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 192 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/22, about 262 frost-free days later.
Sopchoppy sits in USDA Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 9a around Sopchoppy has about 12 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 Sopchoppy's last frost
03/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Sopchoppy compares
At roughly 262 frost-free days, Sopchoppy places 6,246 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 1,539 of 1,609.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Sopchoppy's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Sopchoppy can differ from the 32358 normal.