Arcadia, Florida climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Arcadia's normal year runs from 47°F January nights to 92°F August afternoons, with 53.9 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 22.3°C, January lows of 8°C, August highs of 33°C, 1,370 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationArcadia
- Station IDUSC00080228
- Location27.22°N 81.87°W
- Elevation25 ft (8 m)
- Population7,974
On October 23, the normal high in Arcadia is 84°F and the normal low 62°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 18%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Arcadia.
- Jan 74° 47°
- Feb 76° 50°
- Mar 80° 53°
- Apr 84° 58°
- May 89° 64°
- Jun 91° 69°
- Jul 91° 71°
- Aug 92° 72°
- Sep 90° 70°
- Oct 86° 64°
- Nov 80° 56°
- Dec 75° 51°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Arcadia each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 47°F. The most precipitation falls in June (9.55 in), the least in December (1.82 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 74°F | 47°F | 60.3°F | 2.31 | 5 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 40 min |
| February | 76°F | 50°F | 63.1°F | 2.00 | 5 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 80°F | 53°F | 66.5°F | 2.44 | 5 | <1 | <1 | 12 h |
| April | 84°F | 58°F | 71.1°F | 2.72 | 5 | 4 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 89°F | 64°F | 76.4°F | 3.78 | 6 | 16 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| June | 91°F | 69°F | 80.0°F | 9.55 | 14 | 20 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| July | 91°F | 71°F | 81.3°F | 8.19 | 15 | 24 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| August | 92°F | 72°F | 81.6°F | 8.93 | 16 | 24 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| September | 90°F | 70°F | 80.1°F | 7.77 | 13 | 20 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 86°F | 64°F | 74.8°F | 2.58 | 6 | 6 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 80°F | 56°F | 67.6°F | 1.83 | 4 | <1 | <1 | 10 h 50 min |
| December | 75°F | 51°F | 63.1°F | 1.82 | 5 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 84°F | 60°F | 72.2°F | 53.92 | 100 | 114 | 5 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23°C | 8°C | 15.7°C | 59 mm |
| February | 24°C | 10°C | 17.3°C | 51 mm |
| March | 27°C | 12°C | 19.2°C | 62 mm |
| April | 29°C | 14°C | 21.7°C | 69 mm |
| May | 32°C | 18°C | 24.7°C | 96 mm |
| June | 33°C | 21°C | 26.7°C | 243 mm |
| July | 33°C | 22°C | 27.4°C | 208 mm |
| August | 33°C | 22°C | 27.6°C | 227 mm |
| September | 32°C | 21°C | 26.7°C | 197 mm |
| October | 30°C | 18°C | 23.8°C | 66 mm |
| November | 26°C | 13°C | 19.8°C | 46 mm |
| December | 24°C | 10°C | 17.3°C | 46 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00080228; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Arcadia?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in January, February, March, April, November and December. Of those, November has the fewest days with rain (4).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00080228.
When is the last frost in Arcadia?
In Arcadia, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after February 7 in half of years and after March 10 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before January 4 in half of years and before December 8 in one year in ten. A night at 32°F or colder comes at all in 91% of years here (NOAA).
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- February 71 year in 10 after March 10; 9 in 10 after January 8
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- January 41 year in 10 before December 8; 9 in 10 before February 6
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 324 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 361 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 28 in half of springs and before January 11 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Arcadia in zone 9b in ZIP code 34266, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Arcadia's NOAA station is in zone 9b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 28°F (20 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Florida · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00080228; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Arcadia?
In a normal year in Arcadia, 114 days a year reach 90°F, 5 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 100 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 114a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 5a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 100a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1899) is 104°F, on June 5, 1985; the lowest is 18°F, on January 13, 1981.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1947, with 80.11 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00080228; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00080228. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Arcadia?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Arcadia, 5.0 kWh per square metre a day. April is the sunniest month (85%) and June the cloudiest (76%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 81% | 3.6 |
| February | 81% | 4.3 |
| March | 83% | 5.4 |
| April | 85% | 6.2 |
| May | 84% | 6.5 |
| June | 76% | 5.9 |
| July | 77% | 5.8 |
| August | 77% | 5.5 |
| September | 79% | 5.1 |
| October | 84% | 4.6 |
| November | 83% | 3.8 |
| December | 80% | 3.3 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Arcadia need?
A normal year in Arcadia brings 581 heating degree days, 89% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,217 cooling degree days, 3.5 times the median (908). No month reaches 300 heating degree days. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 8,147 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 188 | 43 |
| February | 117 | 64 |
| March | 67 | 115 |
| April | 17 | 200 |
| May | 3 | 357 |
| June | 0 | 452 |
| July | 0 | 505 |
| August | 0 | 515 |
| September | 0 | 454 |
| October | 7 | 311 |
| November | 50 | 128 |
| December | 133 | 74 |
| Year (annual) | 581 | 3,217 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00080228. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Arcadia been warmer than normal lately?
Over 70 complete years from 1901 to 2020, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.8°F per century (+0.10°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Arcadia's climate compare?
Arcadia is warmer than 49 of the other 105 places with their own NOAA record in Florida, and wetter than 56. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 72.2°F is warmer than 97%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Arcadia is Cfa: temperate, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Arcadia share this climate record?
3 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Southeast Arcadia, FL7,247 people · 3 mi SE
- Gardner, FL502 people · 11 mi NE
- Limestone, FL93 people · 11 mi N
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Arcadia's climate
What is the coldest month in Arcadia?
January, with a normal high of 74°F and a normal low of 47°F. The warmest is August (92°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Arcadia?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Arcadia?
June, with 9.55 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is December with 1.82 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Arcadia in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Arcadia in zone 9b in ZIP code 34266, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Arcadia's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 28°F (20 years, 1991-2020): zone 9b.
How late can frost come in Arcadia?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after February 7; in one year in ten it comes after March 10. Waiting until March 10 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Florida climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Punta Gorda, FL22 miles from this station, 74.3°F a year
- Wauchula, FL23 miles from this station, 72.4°F a year
- Myakka River State Park, FL27 miles from this station, 73.6°F a year
- Fort Green (12 mi WSW), FL29 miles from this station, 71.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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