Tampa, FL 33687 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Tampa, FL?
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.
Zone 9b (25 to 30°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 Tampa, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 20 weeks of growing season left in Tampa before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Tampa's last frost
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 100 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 62 of 1,609.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Tampa's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Tampa can differ from the 33687 normal.