Malone, FL 32445 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Malone, FL, ZIP 32445
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/01, about 185 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/27, about 270 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Malone in Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Malone has about 13 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 Malone's last frost
03/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Malone compares
At roughly 270 frost-free days, Malone places 5,602 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 1,507 of 1,609.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Malone's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Malone can differ from the 32445 normal.