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 32168
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts ZIP 32168 in zone 9b (the coldest night of a typical year: 25 to 30°F).
The nearest station, New Smyrna Beach, FL, is 7 miles from the ZIP's center: a night at 32°F or colder comes there in only 48% of years, and NOAA's median date of the last spring frost is January 28.
| Station | Distance | Elevation | Last frost (median) | 1 in 10 after | First frost (median) | Hardiness zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Smyrna Beach, FLNew Smyrna Beach - Marine Discov | 7 mi | 16 ft | January 28 | February 28 | January 9 | – |
| Daytona Beach, FLDaytona Beach International Airport | 13 mi | 31 ft | January 30 | February 26 | January 8 | 9b |
| Daytona Beach station, FL | 14 mi | 29 ft | February 3 | February 28 | January 9 | – |
| DeLand, FLDeland (1 mi SSE) | 17 mi | 25 ft | February 17 | March 19 | December 30 | 9b |
| Sanford station, FL | 20 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 New Smyrna 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 5 | February 20 | February 5 | December 31 | January 3 | December 6 |
| 32°F | February 28 | February 4 | January 28 | December 26 | January 9 | December 19 |
| 28°F (hard freeze) | February 11 | January 29 | January 14 | December 27 | January 10 | December 22 |
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.