Lynn Haven, FL 32444 Frost Dates
32444, near Lynn Haven, FL: the frost window
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/15, roughly 171 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/12, roughly 301 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lynn Haven 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
Lynn Haven's growing season runs out in roughly 15 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
02/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/13 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/11 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Lynn Haven against the rest of the dataset
Lynn Haven's growing season runs about 301 days, ranking 3,943 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 1,311 of 1,609.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 32444: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 9a and Lynn Haven's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Lynn Haven's dates instead of trusting one.