Vernon, FL 32462 Frost Dates
Vernon, FL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/25, about 181 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/01, roughly 280 days after the last spring frost.
Vernon 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 14 weeks until Vernon's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 02/25 isn't a guarantee
02/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/31 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/19 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Vernon against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 280 frost-free days, Vernon places 4,840 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 1,435 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 32462's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Vernon's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Vernon can differ from the 32462 normal.