Branford, FL 32008 Frost Dates
32008, near Branford, FL: the frost window
Around 03/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 198 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/22, roughly 254 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Branford in Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Branford's growing season runs out in roughly 12 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
The actual range around Branford's last frost
03/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/18 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/02 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Branford against the rest of the dataset
Branford's growing season runs about 254 days, ranking 7,044 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 1,586 of 1,609.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 32008: the frost range, on how to read the range around Branford's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Branford can differ from the 32008 normal.