Cape Coral, FL 34136 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Cape Coral, FL, ZIP 34136
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/16, roughly 141 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/13, about 365 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cape Coral in Zone 10b (35 to 40°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 10b around Cape Coral 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
01/16 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. 02/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cape Coral compares
At roughly 365 frost-free days, Cape Coral places 339 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 96 of 1,609.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10b and Cape Coral's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Cape Coral's dates instead of trusting one.