Apopka, FL 32703 Frost Dates
32703, near Apopka, FL: the frost window
Around 02/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 180 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/29, roughly 301 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Apopka in Zone 9b (25 to 30°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
Apopka's growing season runs out in roughly 18 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 02/24 isn't a guarantee
02/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/22 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/20 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Apopka against the rest of the dataset
About 301 days separate Apopka's last and first frost, putting it 3,904 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,285 of 1,609.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 32703: the frost range, on how to read the range around Apopka's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Apopka can differ from the 32703 normal.