Pensacola, FL 32501 Frost Dates
Pensacola, FL: when does the frost end?
Around 02/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 170 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/09, roughly 301 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pensacola 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
With roughly 15 weeks until Pensacola's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 02/14 isn't a guarantee
02/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/21 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.
Pensacola against the rest of the dataset
Pensacola's growing season runs about 301 days, ranking 3,914 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 1,289 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 32501's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Pensacola's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Pensacola's dates instead of trusting one.