Florida Frost Dates: Last and First Frost by Town

176 NOAA weather stations · 1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals · Data updated 2026-10-29

Quick answer

Across Florida's 139 NOAA stations with regular frost, the median last spring frost is February 1 and the median first fall frost is January 6. Last frost dates range from January 15 at Sarasota Bradenton Airport to March 21 at Crestview Bob Sikes Airport, so enter your ZIP code below for the station nearest you.

How frost dates vary across Florida

North vs south: stations in the northern third of the state (north of 29.8°N) reach their median last frost about 36 days later than the southern third (south of 27.9°N).
Safety margin: the median 10%-risk date (March 2) is about 29 days after the median last frost. Waiting until then cuts the chance of a killing frost on tender transplants from 1 in 2 to 1 in 10.
Frost-free sites: 37 stations rarely see 32°F at all.

Frost dates at Florida's major weather stations

These National Weather Service stations, mostly at airports, have the longest and most complete records in the state.


Apalachicola Airport	19	Feb 15	Mar 11	Dec 18	307
Bonifay Tri County Airport	85	Mar 5	Mar 25	Nov 18	260
Brooksville Hernando County Airport	77	Mar 1	Mar 27	Dec 5	281
Chactaw Nolf Milton	102	Mar 1	Mar 23	Nov 27	273
Crestview Bob Sikes Airport	190	Mar 21	Apr 9	Nov 12	237
Cross City Airport	38	Mar 5	Mar 27	Nov 26	268
Daytona Beach Intl Airport	31	Jan 30	Feb 26	Jan 8	340
Destin Fort Walton Airport	22	Feb 5	Mar 4	Dec 28	321
Everglades City 5 NE	4	Jan 24	Feb 14	Jan 20	365
Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport	14	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Fort Lauderdale Hollywood Airport	11	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Fort Myers Page Field Airport	15	Jan 16	Feb 2	Jan 13	365
Fort Myers SW Fl Regional Airport	31	Jan 17	Feb 6	Jan 16	365
Fort Pierce St Lucie County Intl Airport	24	Jan 24	Feb 21	Jan 14	365
Gainesville Regional Airport	123	Mar 3	Mar 23	Dec 2	277
Hollywood North Perry Airport	9	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Jackson Whitehouse Nolf	99	Feb 28	Mar 23	Dec 3	280
Jacksonville	33	Feb 25	Mar 19	Dec 7	288
Jacksonville Craig Municipal Airport	41	Feb 9	Mar 7	Dec 31	314
Jacksonville NAS	20	Feb 1	Mar 3	Jan 5	330
Key West Intl Airport	4	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Key West NAS	6	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Leesburg Municipal Airport	77	Jan 26	Feb 21	Jan 9	346
Marathon Airport	8	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Marianna Municipal Airport	113	Mar 1	Mar 21	Nov 27	270
Mayport Pilot Station	16	Feb 1	Mar 1	Jan 5	332
Melbourne Intl Airport	22	Jan 20	Feb 14	Jan 12	365
Miami Beach	1	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Miami Intl Airport	29	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Miami Kendall Tamiami Exec Airport	10	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Miami Opa Locka Airport	10	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Miami WSO City	15	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Naples Municipal Airport	9	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
NW Florida Beaches Intl Airport	57	Feb 25	Mar 19	Dec 1	280
Orlando Executive Airport	108	Jan 17	Feb 9	Jan 13	365
Orlando Intl Airport	90	Jan 25	Feb 26	Jan 10	355
Orlando Sanford Airport	55	Jan 24	Feb 23	Jan 9	352
Panama City Bay County Airport	21	Feb 7	Mar 5	Dec 24	318
Pensacola Forest Sherman NAS	28	Feb 28	Mar 20	Nov 29	277
Pensacola Regional Airport	112	Feb 14	Mar 11	Dec 9	301
Perry Foley Airport	45	Mar 5	Mar 27	Nov 25	268
Pompano Beach Airpark	21	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Punta Gorda Charlotte County Airport	25	Jan 22	Feb 16	Jan 10	364
Sarasota Bradenton Airport	28	Jan 15	Feb 8	Jan 10	365
Sebring 23 SSE	150	Feb 1	Mar 5	Jan 8	334
St Petersburg Airport	8	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
St Petersburg Intl Airport	11	Jan 17	Feb 6	Jan 14	365
Tallahassee	63	Mar 11	Mar 30	Nov 21	255
Tampa Intl Airport	19	Jan 20	Feb 10	Jan 12	365
Titusville 7 E	3	Jan 29	Feb 26	Jan 16	353
Vero Beach Intl Airport	28	Jan 24	Feb 27	Jan 13	365
West Palm Beach Intl Airport	19	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Whiting Field NAS	199	Mar 14	Apr 4	Nov 19	251
Whiting Field NAS South	178	Feb 28	Mar 23	Nov 27	276
Winter Haven Gilbert Airport	146	Jan 15	Feb 7	Jan 10	365

All 176 stations in Florida

Last frost and first frost are medians: a 50% chance of a 32°F night after (spring) or before (fall) that date. 10% risk is the spring date with only a 1-in-10 chance of a later frost. Click a column to sort.

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Apalachicola Airport	20	Feb 20	Mar 12	Dec 13	299
Apalachicola Airport	19	Feb 15	Mar 11	Dec 18	307
Arcadia	25	Feb 7	Mar 10	Jan 4	324
Archbold Bio Station	140	Feb 26	Mar 28	Dec 22	300
Avon Park 2 W	154	Jan 28	Feb 26	Jan 8	343
Bahia Honda State Park	2	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Bartow 1SE	111	Jan 24	Feb 20	Jan 7	352
Bell 4NW	30	Mar 14	Apr 2	Nov 22	254
Belle Glade	20	Jan 27	Feb 18	Jan 16	365
Big Cypress	15	Jan 20	Feb 16	Jan 10	365
Bonifay Tri County Airport	85	Mar 5	Mar 25	Nov 18	260
Bradenton 5 ESE	20	Jan 16	Feb 9	Jan 11	365
Brighton Rsvn	14	Jan 31	Feb 28	Jan 12	347
Brooksville Chin Hill	240	Feb 3	Mar 3	Jan 3	329
Brooksville Hernando County Airport	77	Mar 1	Mar 27	Dec 5	281
Bushnell 1 E	80	Mar 2	Mar 25	Dec 5	281
Canal Point Usda	30	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Cape Florida	6	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Chactaw Nolf Milton	102	Mar 1	Mar 23	Nov 27	273
Chipley	130	Mar 5	Mar 27	Nov 21	263
Clermont 9 S	130	Jan 29	Feb 26	Jan 11	349
Clewiston #2	18	Jan 27	Feb 27	Jan 13	357
Coral Springs	10	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Crescent City	53	Feb 1	Feb 28	Jan 8	334
Crestview Bob Sikes Airport	190	Mar 21	Apr 9	Nov 12	237
Cross City 1 E	42	Mar 6	Mar 31	Nov 26	263
Cross City Airport	38	Mar 5	Mar 27	Nov 26	268
Curry Hammock State Park	4	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Daytona Beach	29	Feb 3	Feb 28	Jan 9	333
Daytona Beach Intl Airport	31	Jan 30	Feb 26	Jan 8	340
De Funiak Springs 1 E	245	Feb 28	Mar 22	Nov 28	275
Deland 1 SSE	25	Feb 17	Mar 19	Dec 30	310
Destin Fort Walton Airport	22	Feb 5	Mar 4	Dec 28	321
Devils Garden	26	Jan 25	Feb 13	Jan 13	365
Dry Tortugas	3	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Duck Key	4	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Everglades	5	Jan 16	Feb 3	Jan 14	365
Everglades City 5 NE	4	Jan 24	Feb 14	Jan 20	365
Federal Point	5	Jan 31	Feb 28	Jan 4	337
Fernandina Beach	49	Feb 2	Mar 1	Jan 4	333
Flamingo Ranger Station	3	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Fort Green 12 WSW	112	Feb 6	Mar 14	Jan 3	325
Fort Lauderdale	16	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Fort Lauderdale Beach	4	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport	14	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Fort Lauderdale Hollywood Airport	11	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Fort Myers Page Field Airport	15	Jan 16	Feb 2	Jan 13	365
Fort Myers SW Fl Regional Airport	31	Jan 17	Feb 6	Jan 16	365
Fort Pierce	25	Jan 22	Feb 27	Jan 12	365
Fort Pierce St Lucie County Intl Airport	24	Jan 24	Feb 21	Jan 14	365
Gainesville 11 WNW	95	Mar 4	Mar 26	Dec 4	274
Gainesville Regional Airport	123	Mar 3	Mar 23	Dec 2	277
Glen St Mary 1 W	128	Mar 8	Mar 31	Dec 1	272
Hastings 4NE	10	Feb 14	Mar 17	Dec 30	308
Hialeah	12	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
High Springs	65	Mar 13	Apr 2	Nov 22	255
Hollywood	9	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Hollywood North Perry Airport	9	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Homestead Gen Aviation Airport	9	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Immokalee	35	Jan 23	Feb 18	Jan 11	365
Inverness 3 SE	58	Mar 3	Mar 29	Dec 5	279
Islamorada	6	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Jackson Whitehouse Nolf	99	Feb 28	Mar 23	Dec 3	280
Jacksonville	33	Feb 25	Mar 19	Dec 7	288
Jacksonville Beach	10	Jan 31	Mar 2	Jan 10	345
Jacksonville Craig Municipal Airport	41	Feb 9	Mar 7	Dec 31	314
Jacksonville NAS	20	Feb 1	Mar 3	Jan 5	330
Jasper	147	Mar 11	Mar 30	Nov 22	258
John Pennekamp State Park	6	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Juno Beach	5	Jan 26	Feb 15	Jan 16	365
Kenansville	61	Jan 26	Feb 22	Jan 10	354
Key W WFO	4	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Key West Intl Airport	4	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Key West NAS	6	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Kissimmee 2	60	Jan 28	Feb 25	Jan 6	342
Kissimmee Prairie Preserve	72	Jan 30	Feb 28	Jan 11	347
La Belle	16	Feb 2	Mar 11	Jan 8	339
Lake City 2 E	195	Mar 1	Mar 24	Nov 28	273
Lakeland 2	139	Jan 26	Feb 21	Jan 9	349
Leesburg Municipal Airport	77	Jan 26	Feb 21	Jan 9	346
Lisbon	68	Feb 2	Mar 5	Jan 3	327
Live Oak	120	Feb 20	Mar 19	Dec 6	292
Loxahatchee NWR	21	Jan 22	Feb 7	Jan 17	365
Madison	120	Mar 5	Mar 23	Nov 29	273
Marathon Airport	8	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Marco Island	10	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Marianna Municipal Airport	113	Mar 1	Mar 21	Nov 27	270
Mayo	65	Mar 8	Apr 2	Nov 25	264
Mayport Pilot Station	16	Feb 1	Mar 1	Jan 5	332
Melbourne Beach A1a	12	Jan 16	Feb 13	Jan 13	365
Melbourne Intl Airport	22	Jan 20	Feb 14	Jan 12	365
Melbourne WFO	35	Jan 24	Feb 24	Jan 9	359
Miami Beach	1	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Miami Intl Airport	29	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Miami Kendall Tamiami Exec Airport	10	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Miami NWSFO	14	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Miami Opa Locka Airport	10	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Miami WSO City	15	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Milton Experiment Station	217	Mar 15	Apr 3	Nov 13	241
Monticello 10 SW	219	Feb 25	Mar 17	Dec 3	286
Monticello 5 SE	98	Mar 7	Mar 25	Nov 23	262
Moore Haven Lock 1	35	Jan 23	Feb 17	Jan 11	361
Mount Plymouth 1SSW	90	Feb 24	Mar 20	Dec 29	301
Mountain Lake	125	Feb 4	Mar 11	Jan 4	332
Myakka River State Park	19	Feb 1	Mar 3	Jan 6	336
N Miami Beach #2	10	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Naples	40	Jan 18	Feb 16	Jan 11	365
Naples Municipal Airport	9	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Nettles Island	10	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
New Hope	105	Mar 10	Mar 29	Nov 20	259
New Smyrna Beach - Marine Discov	16	Jan 28	Feb 28	Jan 9	365
Niceville	60	Mar 12	Mar 31	Nov 19	253
NW Florida Beaches Intl Airport	57	Feb 25	Mar 19	Dec 1	280
Oasis Ranger Station	8	Jan 18	Feb 4	Jan 16	365
Ocala	75	Feb 25	Mar 21	Dec 12	293
Okeechobee	18	Jan 31	Mar 1	Jan 11	355
Orange Springs 2SSW	50	Mar 1	Mar 22	Dec 7	284
Orlando Executive Airport	108	Jan 17	Feb 9	Jan 13	365
Orlando Intl Airport	90	Jan 25	Feb 26	Jan 10	355
Orlando Sanford Airport	55	Jan 24	Feb 23	Jan 9	352
Orlando W	150	Jan 28	Feb 26	Jan 9	343
Ortona Lock 2	20	Jan 27	Feb 27	Jan 11	348
Palm Bay	27	Jan 30	Mar 1	Jan 11	343
Palm Beach Gardens	20	Jan 21	Feb 12	Jan 15	365
Palm Coast 6NE	5	Jan 24	Feb 18	Jan 11	356
Panacea 1 S	6	Mar 8	Mar 26	Nov 22	262
Panama City 5N	5	Feb 15	Mar 11	Dec 12	301
Panama City Bay County Airport	21	Feb 7	Mar 5	Dec 24	318
Parrish	60	Jan 28	Feb 24	Jan 9	355
Pensacola 7 NNE	114	Feb 17	Mar 13	Dec 9	299
Pensacola Forest Sherman NAS	28	Feb 28	Mar 20	Nov 29	277
Pensacola Regional Airport	112	Feb 14	Mar 11	Dec 9	301
Perrine 4W	10	Jan 18	Feb 1	Jan 13	365
Perry	45	Mar 4	Mar 26	Nov 26	267
Perry Foley Airport	45	Mar 5	Mar 27	Nov 25	268
Plant City	110	Jan 30	Mar 2	Jan 6	335
Pompano Beach Airpark	21	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Port Salerno 5W	12	Jan 26	Feb 18	Jan 15	365
Punta Gorda 4 ESE	20	Jan 21	Feb 14	Jan 14	365
Punta Gorda Charlotte County Airport	25	Jan 22	Feb 16	Jan 10	364
Quincy 3 SSW	245	Mar 13	Mar 31	Nov 22	256
Royal Palm Ranger Station	7	Jan 20	Feb 18	Jan 17	365
S Bay 15 S	20	Jan 18	Feb 2	Jan 14	365
Saint Leo	190	Jan 31	Feb 28	Jan 8	336
Sanford	12	Jan 26	Feb 24	Jan 12	359
Sarasota Bradenton Airport	28	Jan 15	Feb 8	Jan 10	365
Scottsmoor 2.5 SSW	42	Feb 10	Mar 10	Jan 8	327
Sebring 23 SSE	150	Feb 1	Mar 5	Jan 8	334
St Augustine Lighthouse	12	Feb 1	Mar 3	Jan 5	334
St Petersburg	8	Jan 17	Feb 5	Jan 15	365
St Petersburg Airport	8	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
St Petersburg Intl Airport	11	Jan 17	Feb 6	Jan 14	365
Starke	150	Feb 8	Mar 8	Dec 24	313
Stuart	13	Jan 23	Feb 10	Jan 18	365
Tallahassee	63	Mar 11	Mar 30	Nov 21	255
Tallahassee Airport	55	Mar 14	Apr 3	Nov 23	255
Tamiami Trail 40 Mi Bend	15	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Tampa Bay Area WFO	40	Jan 20	Feb 16	Jan 9	357
Tampa Intl Airport	19	Jan 20	Feb 10	Jan 12	365
Tarpon Springs Sewage Plt	6	Jan 20	Feb 14	Jan 9	354
Tavernier	7	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Titusville	16	Jan 25	Feb 24	Jan 13	362
Titusville 7 E	3	Jan 29	Feb 26	Jan 16	353
Usher Tower	33	Feb 28	Mar 22	Dec 2	279
Venice	8	Jan 25	Feb 15	Jan 19	365
Vero Beach 4SE	20	Jan 18	Feb 11	Jan 13	365
Vero Beach Intl Airport	28	Jan 24	Feb 27	Jan 13	365
Wauchula	60	Feb 4	Mar 5	Jan 8	332
Weeki Wachee	20	Feb 5	Mar 5	Jan 1	322
West Palm Beach Intl Airport	19	Rare	Rare	Rare	365
Wewahitchka	42	Mar 1	Mar 20	Nov 29	271
White Springs 7N	132	Feb 24	Mar 17	Dec 7	287
Whiting Field NAS	199	Mar 14	Apr 4	Nov 19	251
Whiting Field NAS South	178	Feb 28	Mar 23	Nov 27	276
Winter Haven	145	Jan 16	Feb 15	Jan 9	365
Winter Haven Gilbert Airport	146	Jan 15	Feb 7	Jan 10	365

Frequently asked questions

When is the last frost in Florida?

The median last spring frost (32°F) across Florida's NOAA weather stations is February 1, based on 1991–2020 climate normals. It ranges from January 15 at Sarasota Bradenton Airport to March 21 at Crestview Bob Sikes Airport. For a safer planting date, use the 10%-risk date; the state median for that is March 2.

When is the first frost in Florida?

The median first fall frost across Florida's stations is January 6. The earliest median first frost is November 12 at Crestview Bob Sikes Airport, and the latest is January 20 at Everglades City 5 NE.

How long is the growing season in Florida?

The median frost-free season is 334 days across Florida's stations, from 237 days at Crestview Bob Sikes Airport to 365 days at Winter Haven Gilbert Airport.

When should I plant tomatoes in Florida?

Plant tomatoes outdoors after your local last frost, ideally after the 10%-risk date when nights stay above 50°F. At a typical Florida station that means starting seeds indoors 6–8 weeks before February 1 and transplanting from about March 2. Check your ZIP code, because dates vary by weeks across the state.

Does it frost everywhere in Florida?

No. At 37 stations in Florida, 32°F nights were too rare in 1991–2020 to compute an average frost date, so those places are frost-free in most years.

How to use these dates

Frost dates are 30-year averages from NOAA, not forecasts. Use them to plan seed starting and planting, then watch the 10-day forecast as the date approaches. Cold air settles in valleys and low spots, so a garden at the bottom of a slope can frost a week or more later in spring than the nearest station shows.

Ready to plan? The planting calendar by ZIP code turns these dates into start-indoors, transplant and sowing dates for 30 crops.

Sources and method

Dates are the 32°F freeze probabilities published in the NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals for each station. Station names are NOAA's, lightly expanded for readability. See the methodology or download the full table.