DeFuniak Springs, FL 32435 Frost Dates
DeFuniak Springs, FL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/28, roughly 184 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/28, roughly 275 days after the last spring frost.
DeFuniak Springs 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 13 weeks until DeFuniak Springs's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
02/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/03 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/22 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
DeFuniak Springs against the rest of the dataset
DeFuniak Springs's growing season runs about 275 days, ranking 5,126 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 1,477 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 32435's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in DeFuniak Springs can differ from the 32435 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and DeFuniak Springs's frost date answer different questions.