Bristol, FL 32334 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bristol, FL, ZIP 32334
Around 03/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 198 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/23, about 255 frost-free days later.
Bristol 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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Bristol has about 12 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 Bristol's last frost
03/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bristol compares
About 255 days separate Bristol's last and first frost, putting it 6,954 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,577 of 1,609.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Bristol's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Bristol can differ from the 32334 normal.