Milton, FL 32563 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Milton, FL, ZIP 32563
Around 02/28 is the usual last spring frost, about 184 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/27, about 276 frost-free days later.
Zone 9b (25 to 30°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 Milton, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9b around Milton has about 13 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 Milton's last frost
02/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Milton compares
About 276 days separate Milton's last and first frost, putting it 5,080 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,470 of 1,609.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Milton can differ from the 32563 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Milton's frost date answer different questions.