Pensacola, FL 32516 Frost Dates
Pensacola, FL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/14, about 170 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/09, roughly 301 days after the last spring frost.
Pensacola 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 15 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
02/14 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
About 301 days separate Pensacola's last and first frost, putting it 3,922 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,297 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 32516'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.