Hawthorne, FL 32640 Frost Dates
Hawthorne, FL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/01, about 185 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/07, roughly 284 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hawthorne in Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 14 weeks until Hawthorne's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/01 isn't a guarantee
03/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/29 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/22 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Hawthorne against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 284 frost-free days, Hawthorne places 4,699 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within FL, it ranks 1,380 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 32640's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Hawthorne can differ from the 32640 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Hawthorne's frost date answer different questions.