Chiefland, FL 32626 Frost Dates
Chiefland, FL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/06, about 190 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/26, roughly 263 days after the last spring frost.
Chiefland 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 13 weeks until Chiefland's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/06 isn't a guarantee
03/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/10 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Chiefland against the rest of the dataset
About 263 days separate Chiefland's last and first frost, putting it 6,115 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within FL, it ranks 1,521 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 32626's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Chiefland's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Chiefland's dates instead of trusting one.