Crestview, FL 32540 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Crestview, FL, ZIP 32540
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/21, about 205 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/12, about 237 frost-free days later.
Crestview sits in USDA Zone 9b (25 to 30°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 9b 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.
Why 03/21 isn't a guarantee
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 9,075 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 1,605 of 1,609.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Crestview's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Crestview's dates instead of trusting one.