Century, FL 32577 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Century, FL, ZIP 32577
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/28, roughly 184 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/27, about 276 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Century in Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Century compares
About 276 days separate Century's last and first frost, putting it 5,113 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,473 of 1,609.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Century's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Century's dates instead of trusting one.