Shalimar, FL 32542 Frost Dates
Shalimar, FL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/05, about 161 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/28, roughly 321 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 Shalimar, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 17 weeks until Shalimar'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
02/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/05 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/04 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Shalimar against the rest of the dataset
About 321 days separate Shalimar's last and first frost, putting it 3,310 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,231 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 32542's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Shalimar can differ from the 32542 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Shalimar's frost date answer different questions.