Panama City Beach, FL 32413 Frost Dates
Panama City Beach, FL: when does the frost end?
Around 02/25 is the usual last spring frost, about 181 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/01, roughly 280 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Panama City Beach in Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 14 weeks until Panama City Beach's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 02/25 isn't a guarantee
02/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/31 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/19 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Panama City Beach against the rest of the dataset
About 280 days separate Panama City Beach's last and first frost, putting it 4,828 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,429 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 32413's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Panama City Beach can differ from the 32413 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Panama City Beach's frost date answer different questions.