Tampa, FL 33616 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Tampa, FL, ZIP 33616
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/20, about 145 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/12, about 365 frost-free days later.
Tampa 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
Zone 10a around Tampa has about 20 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
01/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Tampa compares
About 365 days separate Tampa's last and first frost, putting it 72 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 34 of 1,609.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Tampa's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Tampa can differ from the 33616 normal.