Pensacola, FL 32560 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Pensacola, FL?
Around 02/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 170 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/09, about 301 frost-free days later.
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.
What to do before the first frost
About 15 weeks of growing season left in Pensacola before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Pensacola's last frost
02/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pensacola compares
About 301 days separate Pensacola's last and first frost, putting it 3,931 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,306 of 1,609.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9a and Pensacola's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Pensacola's dates instead of trusting one.