Pierson, FL 32102 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Pierson, FL, ZIP 32102
Around 02/17 is the usual last spring frost, about 173 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/30, about 310 frost-free days later.
Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Pierson, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9b around Pierson has about 18 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.
Why 02/17 isn't a guarantee
02/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pierson compares
At roughly 310 frost-free days, Pierson places 3,590 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 1,279 of 1,609.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Pierson's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Pierson's dates instead of trusting one.