Century, FL 32568 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Century, FL, ZIP 32568
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/28, roughly 184 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/25, about 272 frost-free days later.
Century 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
Zone 9a around Century 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 Century's last frost
02/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Century compares
About 272 days separate Century's last and first frost, putting it 5,392 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,493 of 1,609.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Century can differ from the 32568 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Century's frost date answer different questions.