Frost dates in Cape Coral, Florida

NOAA 1991–2020 normals for a 32 °F freeze. Low spots and the edge of town run colder than downtown.

Short answer

The average last spring frost in Cape Coral is January 16, and the average first fall frost is January 13, from NOAA's Ft Myers Page Fld Airport station, 9 miles from the middle of Cape Coral. 1 year in 10 the last frost comes after February 2, and the first one by December 31. That leaves about 362 frost-free days. Cape Coral is in USDA planting zone 10b.

Weather stations around Cape Coral

The first row is the date most people in Cape Coral go by. The others show how far the dates move across the area.

Station	Last spring frost	First fall frost	Frost-free
Ft Myers Page Fld Airport 9 mi away, 15 ft	January 16 1 in 10 after February 2	January 13 1 in 10 by December 31	362 days
Ft Myers Sw Fl Rgnl Airport 17 mi away, 31 ft	January 17 1 in 10 after February 6	January 16 1 in 10 by January 4	364 days
Punta Gorda 4 ESE 19 mi away, 20 ft	January 21 1 in 10 after February 14	January 14 1 in 10 by December 27	358 days
Punta Gorda Charlotte Co Airport 19 mi away, 25 ft	January 22 1 in 10 after February 16	January 10 1 in 10 by December 25	353 days
La Belle 36 mi away, 16 ft	February 2 1 in 10 after March 11	January 8 1 in 10 by December 16	340 days

Distances are from the middle of Cape Coral as the Census Bureau maps it. The average date is NOAA's 50% date: half of years have a later last frost, or an earlier first one. Plan by the 1-in-10 date if a freeze would cost you plants. The planting zone is the USDA 2023 zone for ZIP code 33991, at the middle of the city.

Your exact ZIP code

Cape Coral covers a lot of ground. For the station nearest your own street, and its planting zone, type your ZIP code.

How these dates work

Frost dates come from NOAA's 1991 to 2020 Climate Normals, which work out from each weather station's daily lows how likely the last spring freeze and the first fall freeze (32 °F) are by each date. We use the station nearest the middle of your ZIP code and show its height and distance, since a station on a hill or by a lake can differ from your yard.

The average date is the 50% date: half of years have a freeze after the spring date or before the fall one. The 1-in-10 dates are NOAA's 10% dates, the ones to plan by if a late freeze would cost you plants. Within one yard, cold air pools in low spots while walls and paving hold heat, so some corners freeze before others.

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