Bonifay, FL 32425 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Bonifay, FL?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/05, roughly 189 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/18, about 260 frost-free days later.
Bonifay sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°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
About 12 weeks of growing season left in Bonifay before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Bonifay's last frost
03/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bonifay compares
About 260 days separate Bonifay's last and first frost, putting it 6,482 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,540 of 1,609.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Bonifay's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Bonifay's dates instead of trusting one.