Pensacola, FL 32504 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Pensacola, FL, ZIP 32504
Around 02/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 170 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/09, about 301 frost-free days later.
Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Pensacola, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Pensacola has about 15 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
02/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pensacola compares
Pensacola's growing season runs about 301 days, ranking 3,917 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 1,292 of 1,609.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Pensacola's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Pensacola can differ from the 32504 normal.