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Bunnell, FL 32142 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Bunnell, FL, ZIP 32142

Zone 9b

Around 01/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 149 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/11, about 356 frost-free days later.

Bunnell sits in USDA Zone 9b (25 to 30°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 9b around Bunnell 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 Bunnell's last frost

01/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/18 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 Bunnell compares

About 356 days separate Bunnell's last and first frost, putting it 2,120 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 923 of 1,609.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Bunnell's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Bunnell's dates instead of trusting one.