Avon Park, Florida climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Avon Park's normal year runs from 49°F January nights to 92°F August afternoons, with 52.7 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 23.0°C, January lows of 10°C, August highs of 34°C, 1,338 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAvon Park (2 mi W)
- Station IDUSC00080369
- Location27.59°N 81.53°W
- Elevation154 ft (47 m)
- Population10,415
On October 23, the normal high in Avon Park is 85°F and the normal low 64°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 21%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Avon Park.
- Jan 73° 49°
- Feb 76° 52°
- Mar 80° 55°
- Apr 85° 61°
- May 89° 66°
- Jun 91° 71°
- Jul 92° 73°
- Aug 92° 73°
- Sep 90° 72°
- Oct 86° 66°
- Nov 80° 58°
- Dec 75° 53°
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 Avon Park each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 49°F. The most precipitation falls in June (9.24 in), the least in February (2.01 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 73°F | 49°F | 61.1°F | 2.42 | 6 | <1 | 2 | 10 h 30 min |
| February | 76°F | 52°F | 64.2°F | 2.01 | 6 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 80°F | 55°F | 67.7°F | 2.61 | 6 | 1 | <1 | 12 h |
| April | 85°F | 61°F | 72.6°F | 2.63 | 6 | 4 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 89°F | 66°F | 77.8°F | 3.86 | 7 | 15 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| June | 91°F | 71°F | 81.3°F | 9.24 | 15 | 20 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| July | 92°F | 73°F | 82.4°F | 7.41 | 16 | 25 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| August | 92°F | 73°F | 82.8°F | 7.56 | 16 | 25 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| September | 90°F | 72°F | 81.2°F | 7.45 | 14 | 19 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 86°F | 66°F | 76.1°F | 3.26 | 8 | 7 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 80°F | 58°F | 68.9°F | 2.16 | 6 | 1 | <1 | 10 h 50 min |
| December | 75°F | 53°F | 64.2°F | 2.07 | 6 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 84°F | 63°F | 73.4°F | 52.68 | 110 | 118 | 4 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23°C | 10°C | 16.2°C | 61 mm |
| February | 25°C | 11°C | 17.9°C | 51 mm |
| March | 27°C | 13°C | 19.8°C | 66 mm |
| April | 29°C | 16°C | 22.6°C | 67 mm |
| May | 32°C | 19°C | 25.4°C | 98 mm |
| June | 33°C | 22°C | 27.4°C | 235 mm |
| July | 33°C | 23°C | 28.0°C | 188 mm |
| August | 34°C | 23°C | 28.2°C | 192 mm |
| September | 32°C | 22°C | 27.3°C | 189 mm |
| October | 30°C | 19°C | 24.5°C | 83 mm |
| November | 27°C | 15°C | 20.5°C | 55 mm |
| December | 24°C | 12°C | 17.9°C | 53 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00080369; 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 Avon Park?
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 (6).
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 USC00080369.
When is the last frost in Avon Park?
In Avon Park, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after January 28 in half of years and after February 26 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before January 8 in half of years and before December 12 in one year in ten. A night at 32°F or colder comes at all in 69% of years here (NOAA).
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- January 281 year in 10 after February 26; 9 in 10 after December 31
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- January 81 year in 10 before December 12; 9 in 10 before February 10
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 343 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 365 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 14 in half of springs and before January 9 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Avon Park in zone 9b in ZIP code 33825, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Avon Park's NOAA station is in zone 9b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 29°F (19 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 USC00080369; 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 Avon Park?
In a normal year in Avon Park, 118 days a year reach 90°F, 4 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 110 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 118a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 4a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 110a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 103°F, on June 25, 1950; the lowest is 18°F, on January 14, 1981.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1953, with 80.08 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00080369; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00080369. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Avon Park?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Avon Park, 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 Avon Park need?
A normal year in Avon Park brings 507 heating degree days, 91% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,578 cooling degree days, 3.9 times the median (908). No month reaches 300 heating degree days. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 8,577 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 176 | 55 |
| February | 100 | 78 |
| March | 55 | 139 |
| April | 12 | 240 |
| May | 1 | 396 |
| June | 0 | 490 |
| July | 0 | 539 |
| August | 0 | 552 |
| September | 0 | 487 |
| October | 6 | 351 |
| November | 40 | 157 |
| December | 119 | 94 |
| Year (annual) | 507 | 3,578 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00080369. 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 Avon Park been warmer than normal lately?
Over 74 complete years from 1895 to 2021, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.7°F per century (+0.09°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 Avon Park's climate compare?
Avon Park is warmer than 65 of the other 105 places with their own NOAA record in Florida, and wetter than 41. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 73.4°F is warmer than 98%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Avon Park 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 Avon Park share this climate record?
4 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.
- Sebring, FL11,795 people · 10 mi SE
- Frostproof, FL3,467 people · 11 mi N
- Indian Lake Estates, FL956 people · 18 mi NE
- Lemon Grove, FL418 people · 8 mi W
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 Avon Park's climate
What is the coldest month in Avon Park?
January, with a normal high of 73°F and a normal low of 49°F. The warmest is August (92°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow in Avon Park?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Avon Park?
June, with 9.24 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.01 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Avon Park in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Avon Park in zone 9b in ZIP code 33825, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Avon Park's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 29°F (19 years, 1991-2020): zone 9b.
How late can frost come in Avon Park?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after January 28; in one year in ten it comes after February 26. Waiting until February 26 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Florida climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Wauchula, FL17 miles from this station, 72.4°F a year
- Lake Wales, FL24 miles from this station, 73.9°F a year
- Bartow, FL27 miles from this station, 73.1°F a year
- Kissimmee Prairie Preserve, FL29 miles from this station, 72.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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