Brooksville Chinsegut Hill, Florida climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Brooksville Chinsegut Hill's normal year runs from 49°F January nights to 90°F August afternoons, with 51.9 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 22.3°C, January lows of 9°C, August highs of 32°C, 1,319 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBrooksville Chinsegut Hill
- Station IDUSC00081046
- Location28.62°N 82.37°W
- Elevation240 ft (73 m)
On October 8, the normal high in Brooksville Chinsegut Hill is 86°F and the normal low 68°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 Brooksville Chinsegut Hill.
- Jan 71° 49°
- Feb 74° 51°
- Mar 78° 55°
- Apr 83° 60°
- May 88° 66°
- Jun 90° 71°
- Jul 91° 73°
- Aug 90° 73°
- Sep 89° 71°
- Oct 84° 65°
- Nov 78° 56°
- Dec 73° 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 at Brooksville Chinsegut Hill each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 49°F. The most precipitation falls in July (8.55 in), the least in November (1.83 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71°F | 49°F | 59.9°F | 2.96 | 7 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 30 min |
| February | 74°F | 51°F | 62.4°F | 2.88 | 7 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 78°F | 55°F | 66.6°F | 3.38 | 7 | <1 | <1 | 12 h |
| April | 83°F | 60°F | 71.6°F | 2.71 | 6 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 88°F | 66°F | 76.9°F | 3.24 | 6 | 12 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| June | 90°F | 71°F | 80.4°F | 8.06 | 14 | 17 | <1 | 14 h |
| July | 91°F | 73°F | 81.6°F | 8.55 | 16 | 20 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| August | 90°F | 73°F | 81.7°F | 7.64 | 16 | 20 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| September | 89°F | 71°F | 80.2°F | 5.99 | 12 | 14 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 84°F | 65°F | 74.6°F | 2.49 | 7 | 3 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 78°F | 56°F | 67.1°F | 1.83 | 5 | <1 | <1 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 73°F | 51°F | 62.1°F | 2.21 | 7 | <1 | 2 | 10 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 82°F | 62°F | 72.1°F | 51.94 | 110 | 89 | 6 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22°C | 9°C | 15.5°C | 75 mm |
| February | 23°C | 11°C | 16.9°C | 73 mm |
| March | 26°C | 13°C | 19.2°C | 86 mm |
| April | 29°C | 16°C | 22.0°C | 69 mm |
| May | 31°C | 19°C | 24.9°C | 82 mm |
| June | 32°C | 22°C | 26.9°C | 205 mm |
| July | 33°C | 23°C | 27.6°C | 217 mm |
| August | 32°C | 23°C | 27.6°C | 194 mm |
| September | 32°C | 22°C | 26.8°C | 152 mm |
| October | 29°C | 18°C | 23.7°C | 63 mm |
| November | 25°C | 14°C | 19.5°C | 46 mm |
| December | 23°C | 11°C | 16.7°C | 56 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00081046; 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 Brooksville Chinsegut Hill?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in January, February, March, April, October, November and December. Of those, November 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 USC00081046.
When is the last frost at Brooksville Chinsegut Hill?
In Brooksville Chinsegut Hill, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after February 3 in half of years and after March 3 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before January 3 in half of years and before December 7 in one year in ten. A night at 32°F or colder comes at all in 86% of years here (NOAA).
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- February 31 year in 10 after March 3; 9 in 10 after January 1
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- January 31 year in 10 before December 7; 9 in 10 before February 4
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 329 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 362 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 24 in half of springs and before January 13 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Brooksville Chinsegut Hill in zone 9b in ZIP code 34601, 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 9b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 26°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 USC00081046; 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 Brooksville Chinsegut Hill?
In a normal year in Brooksville Chinsegut Hill, 89 days a year reach 90°F, 6 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 110 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 89a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 6a 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 1892) is 104°F, on June 6, 1927; the lowest is 15°F, on December 13, 1962.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1912, with 79.39 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00081046; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00081046. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Brooksville Chinsegut Hill?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Brooksville Chinsegut Hill, 5.0 kWh per square metre a day. May is the sunniest month (86%) and July the cloudiest (76%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 79% | 3.4 |
| February | 78% | 4.1 |
| March | 82% | 5.3 |
| April | 85% | 6.3 |
| May | 86% | 6.7 |
| June | 79% | 6.0 |
| July | 76% | 5.7 |
| August | 77% | 5.5 |
| September | 80% | 5.1 |
| October | 84% | 4.6 |
| November | 83% | 3.7 |
| December | 79% | 3.1 |
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 Brooksville Chinsegut Hill record?
A normal year at Brooksville Chinsegut Hill brings 621 heating degree days, 88% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,224 cooling degree days, 3.6 times the median (908). No month reaches 300 heating degree days. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 8,124 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 200 | 42 |
| February | 124 | 53 |
| March | 63 | 112 |
| April | 14 | 212 |
| May | 1 | 370 |
| June | 0 | 462 |
| July | 0 | 513 |
| August | 0 | 516 |
| September | 0 | 456 |
| October | 8 | 307 |
| November | 58 | 120 |
| December | 154 | 62 |
| Year (annual) | 621 | 3,224 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00081046. 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.
How does Brooksville Chinsegut Hill's climate compare?
Brooksville Chinsegut Hill is warmer than 49 of the 106 places with their own NOAA record in Florida, and wetter than 35. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 72.1°F is warmer than 97%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Brooksville Chinsegut Hill 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 Brooksville Chinsegut Hill share this climate record?
7 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.
- Sugarmill Woods, FL10,871 people · 12 mi NW
- North Brooksville, FL4,082 people · 3 mi SE
- Hill 'n Dale, FL3,722 people · 8 mi SE
- Spring Lake, FL274 people · 9 mi SE
- Nobleton, FL246 people · 7 mi E
- Lake Lindsey, FL189 people · 1 mi N
- Istachatta, FL77 people · 6 mi NE
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 Brooksville Chinsegut Hill's climate
What is the coldest month at Brooksville Chinsegut Hill?
January, with a normal high of 71°F and a normal low of 49°F. The warmest is August (90°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow at Brooksville Chinsegut Hill?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month at Brooksville Chinsegut Hill?
July, with 8.55 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 1.83 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Brooksville Chinsegut Hill in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Brooksville Chinsegut Hill in zone 9b in ZIP code 34601, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 26°F (20 years, 1991-2020): zone 9b.
How late can frost come at Brooksville Chinsegut Hill?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after February 3; in one year in ten it comes after March 3. Waiting until March 3 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Florida climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Brooksville, FL11 miles from this station, 70.7°F a year
- Inverness, FL13 miles from this station, 69.8°F a year
- Spring Hill, FL14 miles from this station, 72.6°F a year
- Bushnell, FL17 miles from this station, 69.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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