Penney Farms, FL 32068 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Penney Farms, FL, ZIP 32068
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/01, about 157 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/05, about 330 frost-free days later.
Penney Farms sits in USDA Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Penney Farms has about 19 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.
The actual range around Penney Farms's last frost
02/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Penney Farms compares
Penney Farms's growing season runs about 330 days, ranking 3,063 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 1,179 of 1,609.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Penney Farms can differ from the 32068 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Penney Farms's frost date answer different questions.