Pensacola, FL 32523 Frost Dates
Pensacola, FL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/14, roughly 170 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/09, roughly 301 days after the last spring frost.
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.
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 3,926 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 1,301 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 32523's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Pensacola can differ from the 32523 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Pensacola's frost date answer different questions.