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Westville, FL 32464 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Westville, FL?

Zone 8b

Around 03/10 is the usual last spring frost, about 194 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/20, about 259 frost-free days later.

Westville sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°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

About 12 weeks of growing season left in Westville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

How much risk comes with planting early here

03/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Westville compares

About 259 days separate Westville's last and first frost, putting it 6,611 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,549 of 1,609.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Westville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Westville's dates instead of trusting one.