Baldwin, FL 32009 Frost Dates
Baldwin, FL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/28, roughly 184 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/03, roughly 280 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Baldwin 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
With roughly 14 weeks until Baldwin's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
02/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/30 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Baldwin against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 280 frost-free days, Baldwin places 4,836 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 1,433 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 32009's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Baldwin's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Baldwin can differ from the 32009 normal.