Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 10 Feb 2026

These Avocados survived 3 nights of 25F hard freeze, Florida Record Freeze

⛄️ These Avocados survived 3 nights of 25F hard freeze, Florida Record Freeze

  • ⛄️ Recent winter freezes have once again raised the same urgent question among avocado growers - which varieties actually survive cold weather, and what does survival really look like afterward?

  • ⛄️ After widespread freeze events, trees across many regions showed very different outcomes, from minor leaf burn to complete canopy loss.

  • ⛄️ This video taken on February 4, 2026 at Top Tropicals BFarm in Sebring, FL, reflects what we observed in real conditions after 3 nights of hard freeze.

  • ⛄️ The trees in the video had no protection.


❄️Weather data

Feb 1-6, 2026, Coldest in Recorded History (132 years of observations)
Top Tropicals Farm and Nursery at Sebring FL

🌡 Min temps: 25F, wind chill 14F
⏳ Duration of cold: 3 nights of 8-10 hour hard freeze, along with 7 days of cool daytime temps around 50F
🌀 Wind: 20 mph, with 40-50 mph gusts.

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