Big Cypress, Florida climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Big Cypress's normal year runs from 52°F January nights to 92°F August afternoons, with 58.0 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 23.4°C, January lows of 11°C, August highs of 33°C, 1,472 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBig Cypress
- Station IDUSC00080737
- Location26.33°N 81.00°W
- Elevation15 ft (5 m)
On October 24, the normal high in Big Cypress is 85°F and the normal low 66°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 27%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Big Cypress.
- Jan 75° 52°
- Feb 78° 55°
- Mar 81° 57°
- Apr 85° 61°
- May 89° 66°
- Jun 91° 71°
- Jul 92° 73°
- Aug 92° 74°
- Sep 90° 73°
- Oct 86° 68°
- Nov 81° 61°
- Dec 77° 55°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Big Cypress each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 52°F. The most precipitation falls in June (10.09 in), the least in December (1.90 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 75°F | 52°F | 63.3°F | 2.63 | 6 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 40 min |
| February | 78°F | 55°F | 66.1°F | 2.32 | 6 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| March | 81°F | 57°F | 68.8°F | 2.82 | 5 | 2 | <1 | 12 h |
| April | 85°F | 61°F | 73.0°F | 2.88 | 6 | 8 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 89°F | 66°F | 77.5°F | 5.09 | 9 | 16 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| June | 91°F | 71°F | 81.3°F | 10.09 | 17 | 21 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| July | 92°F | 73°F | 82.6°F | 8.79 | 17 | 26 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| August | 92°F | 74°F | 82.9°F | 9.08 | 19 | 27 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| September | 90°F | 73°F | 81.4°F | 6.73 | 17 | 20 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 86°F | 68°F | 77.1°F | 3.56 | 9 | 8 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 81°F | 61°F | 70.5°F | 2.08 | 6 | 1 | <1 | 10 h 50 min |
| December | 77°F | 55°F | 66.1°F | 1.90 | 7 | <1 | <1 | 10 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 85°F | 64°F | 74.2°F | 57.97 | 124 | 129 | 1 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24°C | 11°C | 17.4°C | 67 mm |
| February | 25°C | 13°C | 18.9°C | 59 mm |
| March | 27°C | 14°C | 20.4°C | 72 mm |
| April | 30°C | 16°C | 22.8°C | 73 mm |
| May | 32°C | 19°C | 25.3°C | 129 mm |
| June | 33°C | 22°C | 27.4°C | 256 mm |
| July | 34°C | 23°C | 28.1°C | 223 mm |
| August | 33°C | 23°C | 28.3°C | 231 mm |
| September | 32°C | 23°C | 27.4°C | 171 mm |
| October | 30°C | 20°C | 25.1°C | 90 mm |
| November | 27°C | 16°C | 21.4°C | 53 mm |
| December | 25°C | 13°C | 18.9°C | 48 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00080737; 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.
Which months are mildest at Big Cypress?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in January, February, March, November and December. Of those, March has the fewest days with rain (5).
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 USC00080737.
When is the last frost at Big Cypress?
A night at 32°F or colder comes in only 39% of years in Big Cypress (NOAA). NOAA's median date of the last spring frost is January 20 and of the first autumn frost January 10.
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 365 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 365 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 10 in half of springs and before January 8 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Big Cypress in zone 10a in ZIP code 33440, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 10a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 33°F (16 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 USC00080737; 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 at Big Cypress?
In a normal year in Big Cypress, 129 days a year reach 90°F, 1 night falls to 32°F or colder and 124 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 129a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 1a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 124a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00080737.
How sunny is it at Big Cypress?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Big Cypress, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. April is the sunniest month (82%) and June the cloudiest (73%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 78% | 3.5 |
| February | 79% | 4.3 |
| March | 81% | 5.3 |
| April | 82% | 6.0 |
| May | 79% | 6.1 |
| June | 73% | 5.5 |
| July | 76% | 5.7 |
| August | 76% | 5.4 |
| September | 75% | 4.8 |
| October | 79% | 4.4 |
| November | 80% | 3.7 |
| December | 78% | 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 many heating and cooling degree days does Big Cypress record?
A normal year at Big Cypress brings 347 heating degree days, 94% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,721 cooling degree days, 4.1 times the median (908). No month reaches 300 heating degree days. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 8,863 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 124 | 70 |
| February | 68 | 100 |
| March | 37 | 155 |
| April | 7 | 245 |
| May | 0 | 388 |
| June | 0 | 487 |
| July | 0 | 546 |
| August | 0 | 555 |
| September | 0 | 492 |
| October | 2 | 376 |
| November | 24 | 191 |
| December | 84 | 116 |
| Year (annual) | 347 | 3,721 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00080737. 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.
Have recent years at Big Cypress been warmer than normal?
2023 averaged 75.7°F, 1.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 74.2°F. 2 of the 2 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 75.8°F | +1.6°F | 43.30 |
| 2023 | 75.7°F | +1.5°F | 56.85 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00080737. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Big Cypress's climate compare?
Big Cypress is warmer than 76 of the 106 places with their own NOAA record in Florida, and wetter than 76. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 74.2°F is warmer than 98%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Big Cypress 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.
Questions about Big Cypress's climate
What is the coldest month at Big Cypress?
January, with a normal high of 75°F and a normal low of 52°F. The warmest is August (92°F by day, 74°F at night).
What is the rainiest month at Big Cypress?
June, with 10.09 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is December with 1.90 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Big Cypress in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Big Cypress in zone 10a in ZIP code 33440, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 33°F (16 years, 1991-2020): zone 10a.
Nearby and next
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