Cocoa, FL 32922 Frost Dates
32922, near Cocoa, FL: the frost window
Around 01/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 154 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/16, roughly 353 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cocoa in Zone 10a (30 to 35°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
Cocoa's growing season runs out in roughly 20 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
01/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/04 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 02/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Cocoa against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 353 frost-free days, Cocoa places 2,234 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 968 of 1,609.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 32922: local microclimates, on what one yard in Cocoa can differ from the 32922 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 10a and Cocoa's frost date answer different questions.