Springfield, FL 32401 Frost Dates
32401, near Springfield, FL: the frost window
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/07, roughly 163 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/24, roughly 318 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Springfield 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
Springfield's growing season runs out in roughly 17 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
02/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/05 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Springfield against the rest of the dataset
About 318 days separate Springfield's last and first frost, putting it 3,349 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,240 of 1,609.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 32401: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 9b and Springfield's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Springfield's dates instead of trusting one.