Frost dates by ZIP code: The nearest NOAA stations to your ZIP, 1991-2020 normals
Enter a five-digit ZIP code. PlainClimate finds its center (Census Bureau 2024) and the five nearest NOAA stations with frost dates, and shows each station's last spring and first autumn 32°F dates with its distance and elevation.
Frost dates near ZIP 32128
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts ZIP 32128 in zone 9b (the coldest night of a typical year: 25 to 30°F).
The nearest station, Daytona Beach, FL, is 6 miles from the ZIP's center: its last spring frost comes after January 30 in half of years and after February 26 in one year in ten. By the USDA's method its plant hardiness zone is 9b.
| Station | Distance | Elevation | Last frost (median) | 1 in 10 after | First frost (median) | Hardiness zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daytona Beach, FLDaytona Beach International Airport | 6 mi | 31 ft | January 30 | February 26 | January 8 | 9b |
| Daytona Beach station, FL | 8 mi | 29 ft | February 3 | February 28 | January 9 | – |
| New Smyrna Beach, FLNew Smyrna Beach - Marine Discov | 10 mi | 16 ft | January 28 | February 28 | January 9 | – |
| DeLand, FLDeland (1 mi SSE) | 15 mi | 25 ft | February 17 | March 19 | December 30 | 9b |
| Sanford station, FL | 23 mi | 12 ft | January 26 | February 24 | January 12 | 10a |
Frost comes later in spring at higher and colder stations and earlier in low, open ground: prefer a station at a similar elevation to yours. Hardiness zone in the table: the USDA's rule (the average of each year's coldest night, 1991-2020) applied to the station's own record.
Every frost threshold at Daytona Beach
NOAA publishes the dates for several temperatures and odds. A 30% spring date means a 3-in-10 chance of a later frost (the convention almanacs use); 50% is the median; 10% the cautious date.
| Threshold | Spring, 10% | Spring, 30% | Spring, 50% | Spring, 90% | Autumn, 50% | Autumn, 10% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36°F (light frost) | March 13 | February 27 | February 16 | January 15 | December 25 | November 30 |
| 32°F | February 26 | February 9 | January 30 | December 31 | January 8 | December 10 |
| 28°F (hard freeze) | February 9 | January 31 | January 17 | December 28 | January 10 | December 23 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals; ZIP centers: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. Autumn 10%: one year in ten has its first frost before this date.