Cocoa, FL 32927 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Cocoa, FL?
Around 01/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 154 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/16, about 353 frost-free days later.
Zone 10a (30 to 35°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Cocoa, not a forecast for this year.
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
Cocoa's growing season runs about 353 days, ranking 2,237 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 971 of 1,609.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Cocoa can differ from the 32927 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 10a and Cocoa's frost date answer different questions.