Cottondale, FL 32431 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Cottondale, FL, ZIP 32431
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/05, roughly 189 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/21, about 263 frost-free days later.
Cottondale 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 Cottondale 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 Cottondale's last frost
03/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cottondale compares
Cottondale's growing season runs about 263 days, ranking 6,137 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 1,526 of 1,609.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Cottondale's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Cottondale can differ from the 32431 normal.