Cocoa, FL 32923 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Cocoa, FL?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/29, roughly 154 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/16, about 353 frost-free days later.
Cocoa sits in USDA Zone 10a (30 to 35°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
About 20 weeks of growing season left in Cocoa before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Cocoa's last frost
01/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 02/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cocoa compares
About 353 days separate Cocoa's last and first frost, putting it 2,235 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 969 of 1,609.
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