Jacksonville, FL 32202 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Jacksonville, FL, ZIP 32202
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/01, roughly 157 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/05, about 330 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 Jacksonville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9b around Jacksonville 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.
Why 02/01 isn't a guarantee
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 Jacksonville compares
Jacksonville's growing season runs about 330 days, ranking 2,969 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 1,144 of 1,609.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Jacksonville's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Jacksonville can differ from the 32202 normal.