Brooksville, Florida climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Brooksville's normal year runs from 44°F January nights to 91°F August afternoons, with 51.9 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 21.5°C, January lows of 7°C, August highs of 33°C, 1,319 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBrooksville Hernando County Airport
- Station IDUSW00012818
- Location28.47°N 82.45°W
- Elevation77 ft (24 m)
- Population9,985
On October 14, the normal high in Brooksville is 85°F and the normal low 63°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.
- Jan 71° 44°
- Feb 74° 48°
- Mar 78° 51°
- Apr 83° 56°
- May 88° 63°
- Jun 90° 70°
- Jul 91° 72°
- Aug 91° 72°
- Sep 90° 70°
- Oct 85° 62°
- Nov 78° 52°
- Dec 73° 48°
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 Brooksville each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 44°F. The most precipitation falls in July (9.41 in), the least in November (1.59 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71°F | 44°F | 57.5°F | 3.01 | 9 | <1 | 5 | 10 h 30 min |
| February | 74°F | 48°F | 60.6°F | 2.57 | 8 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 78°F | 51°F | 64.2°F | 2.66 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 h |
| April | 83°F | 56°F | 69.2°F | 2.18 | 7 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 88°F | 63°F | 75.3°F | 3.35 | 8 | 14 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| June | 90°F | 70°F | 80.1°F | 7.91 | 15 | 20 | <1 | 14 h |
| July | 91°F | 72°F | 81.3°F | 9.41 | 19 | 22 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| August | 91°F | 72°F | 81.5°F | 8.12 | 18 | 23 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| September | 90°F | 70°F | 79.8°F | 5.79 | 14 | 18 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 85°F | 62°F | 73.1°F | 2.79 | 8 | 5 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 78°F | 52°F | 65.1°F | 1.59 | 7 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 50 min |
| December | 73°F | 48°F | 60.3°F | 2.56 | 7 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 82°F | 59°F | 70.7°F | 51.94 | 126 | 105 | 14 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22°C | 7°C | 14.2°C | 76 mm |
| February | 23°C | 9°C | 15.9°C | 65 mm |
| March | 25°C | 10°C | 17.9°C | 68 mm |
| April | 28°C | 13°C | 20.7°C | 55 mm |
| May | 31°C | 17°C | 24.1°C | 85 mm |
| June | 32°C | 21°C | 26.7°C | 201 mm |
| July | 33°C | 22°C | 27.4°C | 239 mm |
| August | 33°C | 22°C | 27.5°C | 206 mm |
| September | 32°C | 21°C | 26.6°C | 147 mm |
| October | 29°C | 17°C | 22.8°C | 71 mm |
| November | 26°C | 11°C | 18.4°C | 40 mm |
| December | 23°C | 9°C | 15.7°C | 65 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00012818; 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 Brooksville?
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 (7).
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 USW00012818.
When is the last frost in Brooksville?
In Brooksville, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 1 in half of years and after March 27 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before December 5 in half of years and before November 11 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- March 11 year in 10 after March 27; 9 in 10 after January 30
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- December 51 year in 10 before November 11; 9 in 10 before January 6
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 281 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 315 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 7 in half of springs and before December 29 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Brooksville in zone 9b in ZIP code 34604, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Brooksville's NOAA station is in zone 9a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 22°F (22 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Florida · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00012818; 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 Brooksville?
In a normal year in Brooksville, 105 days a year reach 90°F, 14 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 126 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 105a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 14a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 126a normal year
The highest temperature in Brooksville's official record (kept by the National Weather Service since 1892) is 104°F, on June 6, 1927; the lowest is 14°F, on January 11, 2010.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1912, with 79.39 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00012818; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), NWS threaded record BKVthr. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Brooksville?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Brooksville, 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 much heating and cooling does Brooksville need?
A normal year in Brooksville brings 876 heating degree days, 84% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,965 cooling degree days, 3.3 times the median (908). No month reaches 300 heating degree days. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 7,646 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 265 | 32 |
| February | 169 | 46 |
| March | 104 | 79 |
| April | 30 | 158 |
| May | 1 | 322 |
| June | 0 | 451 |
| July | 0 | 505 |
| August | 0 | 512 |
| September | 0 | 444 |
| October | 17 | 268 |
| November | 89 | 93 |
| December | 201 | 55 |
| Year (annual) | 876 | 2,965 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00012818. 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 Brooksville been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 71.7°F, 1.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 70.7°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 72.1°F | +1.4°F | 52.99 |
| 2023 | 73.0°F | +2.3°F | 49.58 |
| 2024 | 72.7°F | +2.0°F | 62.08 |
| 2025 | 71.7°F | +1.0°F | 33.21 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00012818. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Brooksville's climate compare?
Brooksville is warmer than 35 of the other 105 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 70.7°F is warmer than 96%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Brooksville 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 share this climate record?
8 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.
- Shady Hills, FL12,012 people · 7 mi SW
- Connerton, FL7,159 people · 11 mi S
- South Brooksville, FL4,835 people · 3 mi N
- Brookridge, FL4,788 people · 6 mi NW
- Quail Ridge, FL2,983 people · 11 mi SW
- Masaryktown, FL1,023 people · 2 mi S
- Garden Grove, FL858 people · 1 mi E
- Wiscon, FL535 people · 5 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.
What do Brooksville's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Brooksville. This page uses Brooksville Hernando County Airport; the other differs by site and elevation, and the linked ones have pages of their own:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooksville Chinsegut Hill USC00081046 | 11 mi NE | 240 ft | 72.1°F | 49°F | 91°F | 51.9 | 0 | February 3 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Brooksville's climate
What is the coldest month in Brooksville?
January, with a normal high of 71°F and a normal low of 44°F. The warmest is August (91°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Brooksville?
Rarely. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Brooksville's NOAA station; Brooksville's own co-op station Brooksville Chinsegut Hill records 0 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Brooksville?
July, with 9.41 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 1.59 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Brooksville in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Brooksville in zone 9b in ZIP code 34604, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Brooksville's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 22°F (22 years, 1991-2020): zone 9a.
How late can frost come in Brooksville?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 1; in one year in ten it comes after March 27. Waiting until March 27 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Brooksville in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Florida climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Spring Hill, FL8 miles from this station, 72.6°F a year
- Brooksville Chinsegut Hill, FL11 miles from this station, 72.1°F a year
- St. Leo, FL15 miles from this station, 71.9°F a year
- Inverness, FL24 miles from this station, 69.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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