Fanning Springs, FL 32680 Frost Dates
Fanning Springs, 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.
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 Fanning Springs, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 13 weeks until Fanning Springs'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.
Fanning Springs against the rest of the dataset
Fanning Springs's growing season runs about 263 days, ranking 6,129 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within FL, it ranks 1,525 of 1,609.
Learn more
Before leaning on 32680's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Fanning Springs can differ from the 32680 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Fanning Springs's frost date answer different questions.