Jacksonville, FL 32205 Frost Dates
Jacksonville, FL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/01, about 157 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/05, roughly 330 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Jacksonville in Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 19 weeks until Jacksonville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Jacksonville's last frost
02/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/03 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Jacksonville against the rest of the dataset
About 330 days separate Jacksonville's last and first frost, putting it 2,971 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,146 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 32205's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Jacksonville can differ from the 32205 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Jacksonville's frost date answer different questions.