Crestview, FL 32539 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Crestview, FL, ZIP 32539
Around 03/21 is the usual last spring frost, about 205 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/12, about 237 frost-free days later.
Crestview sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Crestview has about 11 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.
The actual range around Crestview's last frost
03/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Crestview compares
At roughly 237 frost-free days, Crestview places 9,074 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 1,604 of 1,609.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Crestview can differ from the 32539 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Crestview's frost date answer different questions.