Pensacola, FL 32509 Frost Dates
Pensacola, FL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/28, about 184 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/29, roughly 277 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 13 weeks until Pensacola's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
02/28 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 03/20 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Pensacola against the rest of the dataset
About 277 days separate Pensacola's last and first frost, putting it 4,963 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,452 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 32509's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Pensacola can differ from the 32509 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Pensacola's frost date answer different questions.