Cross City, Florida climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Cross City's normal year runs from 42°F January nights to 90°F August afternoons, with 51.5 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 20.5°C, January lows of 5°C, August highs of 32°C, 1,308 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCross City Airport
- Station IDUSW00012833
- Location29.63°N 83.11°W
- Elevation38 ft (12 m)
- Population1,816
On October 22, the normal high in Cross City is 81°F and the normal low 57°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 40%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Cross City.
- Jan 66° 42°
- Feb 70° 45°
- Mar 75° 50°
- Apr 80° 55°
- May 87° 63°
- Jun 90° 71°
- Jul 90° 73°
- Aug 90° 73°
- Sep 88° 70°
- Oct 82° 60°
- Nov 74° 49°
- Dec 68° 44°
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 Cross City each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 42°F. The most precipitation falls in August (8.10 in), the least in November (2.10 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 | 66°F | 42°F | 53.9°F | 3.38 | 11 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 30 min |
| February | 70°F | 45°F | 57.4°F | 2.96 | 10 | <1 | 4 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 75°F | 50°F | 62.2°F | 3.53 | 9 | <1 | 2 | 12 h |
| April | 80°F | 55°F | 67.5°F | 2.90 | 9 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 87°F | 63°F | 74.7°F | 2.74 | 10 | 12 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 90°F | 71°F | 80.0°F | 7.00 | 17 | 21 | <1 | 14 h |
| July | 90°F | 73°F | 81.3°F | 7.77 | 20 | 24 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| August | 90°F | 73°F | 81.4°F | 8.10 | 20 | 23 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| September | 88°F | 70°F | 78.9°F | 5.82 | 16 | 17 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 82°F | 60°F | 71.0°F | 2.23 | 13 | 4 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 74°F | 49°F | 61.8°F | 2.10 | 10 | <1 | 2 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 68°F | 44°F | 56.3°F | 2.95 | 10 | <1 | 6 | 10 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 80°F | 58°F | 68.9°F | 51.48 | 155 | 101 | 23 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19°C | 5°C | 12.2°C | 86 mm |
| February | 21°C | 7°C | 14.1°C | 75 mm |
| March | 24°C | 10°C | 16.8°C | 90 mm |
| April | 27°C | 13°C | 19.7°C | 74 mm |
| May | 30°C | 17°C | 23.7°C | 70 mm |
| June | 32°C | 21°C | 26.7°C | 178 mm |
| July | 32°C | 23°C | 27.4°C | 197 mm |
| August | 32°C | 23°C | 27.4°C | 206 mm |
| September | 31°C | 21°C | 26.1°C | 148 mm |
| October | 28°C | 16°C | 21.7°C | 57 mm |
| November | 24°C | 10°C | 16.6°C | 53 mm |
| December | 20°C | 7°C | 13.5°C | 75 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. Cross City's own co-op station Cross City (1 mi E) does: 0 inches of snow in a normal year (see the other stations below).
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00012833; 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 Cross City?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in January, February, March, April, October, November and December. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (9).
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 USW00012833.
When is the last frost in Cross City?
In Cross City, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 5 in half of years and after March 27 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 26 in half of years and before November 8 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 51 year in 10 after March 27; 9 in 10 after February 6
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 261 year in 10 before November 8; 9 in 10 before December 30
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 268 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 303 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 13 in half of springs and before December 14 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cross City in zone 9a in ZIP code 32628, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Cross City's NOAA station is in zone 9a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 20°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 USW00012833; 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 Cross City?
In a normal year in Cross City, 101 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 23 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 155 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 101a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 23a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 155a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1948) is 103°F, on June 26, 1950; the lowest is 14°F, on January 11, 2010.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1959, with 84.77 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00012833; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00012833. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How humid and windy is Cross City, and how clear are its skies?
The summer (June-August) dew point averages 73°F. The muggiest month is July, with an average dew point of 74°F, above the 65°F at which most people call the air sticky; the driest air comes in January (45°F). February is the windiest month (6.1 mph on average).
| Month | Dew point | Humidity | Afternoon humidity | Wind | Clear or few clouds | Overcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45°F | 72% | 48% | 5.4 mph | – | – |
| February | 49°F | 70% | 46% | 6.1 mph | – | – |
| March | 54°F | 71% | 46% | 5.8 mph | – | – |
| April | 60°F | 70% | 45% | 5.4 mph | – | – |
| May | 68°F | 73% | 52% | 4.9 mph | – | – |
| June | 72°F | 79% | 61% | 4.2 mph | – | – |
| July | 74°F | 81% | 64% | 3.8 mph | – | – |
| August | 73°F | 81% | 62% | 4.4 mph | – | – |
| September | 67°F | 78% | 56% | 4.9 mph | – | – |
| October | 57°F | 75% | 49% | 4.7 mph | – | – |
| November | 50°F | 76% | 50% | 4.6 mph | – | – |
| December | 47°F | 76% | 53% | 5.3 mph | – | – |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 hourly normals, station USW00012833. Monthly averages of all hours; afternoon humidity at 3 p.m. local standard time; sky as the share of hours NOAA's observations rate clear or few clouds (a dash where NOAA publishes no sky value).
How sunny is Cross City?
Over a year 82% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Cross City, 5.0 kWh per square metre a day. May is the sunniest month (88%) and February the cloudiest (77%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 79% | 3.3 |
| February | 77% | 4.0 |
| March | 83% | 5.3 |
| April | 85% | 6.3 |
| May | 88% | 6.9 |
| June | 82% | 6.4 |
| July | 80% | 6.0 |
| August | 79% | 5.6 |
| September | 81% | 5.2 |
| October | 85% | 4.6 |
| November | 84% | 3.7 |
| December | 78% | 3.0 |
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 Cross City need?
A normal year in Cross City brings 1,257 heating degree days, 77% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,695 cooling degree days, 3.0 times the median (908). One month needs 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 7,073 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 360 | 15 |
| February | 235 | 22 |
| March | 140 | 54 |
| April | 43 | 119 |
| May | 3 | 304 |
| June | 0 | 451 |
| July | 0 | 505 |
| August | 0 | 508 |
| September | 0 | 417 |
| October | 32 | 219 |
| November | 151 | 55 |
| December | 295 | 25 |
| Year (annual) | 1,257 | 2,695 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00012833. 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 Cross City been warmer than normal lately?
2023 averaged 70.6°F, 1.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 68.9°F. 2 of the 2 complete years since 2022 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 69.9°F | +1.0°F | 41.03 |
| 2023 | 70.6°F | +1.7°F | 62.26 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00012833. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Cross City's climate compare?
Cross City is warmer than 18 of the other 105 places with their own NOAA record in Florida, and wetter than 31. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 68.9°F is warmer than 94%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Cross City 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 Cross City 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.
- Fanning Springs, FL1,341 people · 11 mi E
- Steinhatchee, FL770 people · 17 mi W
- Horseshoe Beach, FL173 people · 17 mi SW
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 Cross City's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Cross City. This page uses Cross City Airport; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross City (1 mi E) USC00082008 | in town | 42 ft | 68.2°F | 40°F | 91°F | 57.9 | 0 | March 6 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Cross City's climate
What is the coldest month in Cross City?
January, with a normal high of 66°F and a normal low of 42°F. The warmest is August (90°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow in Cross City?
Rarely. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Cross City's NOAA station; Cross City's own co-op station Cross City (1 mi E) records 0 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Cross City?
August, with 8.10 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 2.10 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Cross City in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Cross City in zone 9a in ZIP code 32628, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Cross City's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 20°F (20 years, 1991-2020): zone 9a.
How late can frost come in Cross City?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 5; 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
- Cross City in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Florida climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Bell, FL16 miles from this station, 67.7°F a year
- Usher Tower, FL23 miles from this station, 69.2°F a year
- Mayo, FL33 miles from this station, 69.2°F a year
- High Springs, FL34 miles from this station, 68.3°F a year
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