Jupiter, FL 33478 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Jupiter, FL?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/26, about 151 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/16, about 365 frost-free days later.
Jupiter sits in USDA Zone 10b (35 to 40°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 Jupiter before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Jupiter's last frost
01/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 02/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Jupiter compares
At roughly 365 frost-free days, Jupiter places 758 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 283 of 1,609.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Jupiter can differ from the 33478 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 10b and Jupiter's frost date answer different questions.