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Ormond Beach, FL 32176 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Ormond Beach, FL, ZIP 32176

Zone 9b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/30, about 155 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/08, about 340 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 Ormond Beach, not a forecast for this year.

What to do before the first frost

Zone 9b around Ormond Beach 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 Ormond Beach's last frost

01/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/26 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 Ormond Beach compares

About 340 days separate Ormond Beach's last and first frost, putting it 2,621 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,070 of 1,609.

Learn more

local microclimates explains what one yard in Ormond Beach can differ from the 32176 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Ormond Beach's frost date answer different questions.