Pensacola, FL 32591 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Pensacola, FL?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/14, roughly 170 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/09, about 301 frost-free days later.
Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 Pensacola, not a forecast for this year.
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.
Why 02/14 isn't a guarantee
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
At roughly 301 frost-free days, Pensacola places 3,932 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 1,307 of 1,609.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Pensacola can differ from the 32591 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9a and Pensacola's frost date answer different questions.