Tallahassee, FL 32315 Frost Dates
Tallahassee, FL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/11, about 195 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/21, roughly 255 days after the last spring frost.
Tallahassee sits in USDA Zone 9a (20 to 25°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 12 weeks until Tallahassee's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/11 isn't a guarantee
03/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/18 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/30 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Tallahassee against the rest of the dataset
Tallahassee's growing season runs about 255 days, ranking 6,878 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 1,562 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 32315's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Tallahassee can differ from the 32315 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Tallahassee's frost date answer different questions.