Milton, FL 32583 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Milton, FL?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/01, roughly 185 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/27, about 273 frost-free days later.
Milton 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 13 weeks of growing season left in Milton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Milton's last frost
03/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/31 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
At roughly 273 frost-free days, Milton places 5,202 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 1,491 of 1,609.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Milton can differ from the 32583 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9a and Milton's frost date answer different questions.