Ferry Pass, Florida climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Ferry Pass's normal year runs from 42°F January nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 67.8 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 20.3°C, January lows of 6°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,723 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPensacola (7 mi NNE)
- Station IDUSC00086999
- Location30.53°N 87.20°W
- Elevation114 ft (35 m)
- Population (census place)30,467
On October 14, the normal high in Ferry Pass is 81°F and the normal low 61°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 20%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Ferry Pass.
- Jan 61° 42°
- Feb 65° 46°
- Mar 71° 52°
- Apr 77° 59°
- May 85° 67°
- Jun 89° 73°
- Jul 91° 74°
- Aug 91° 74°
- Sep 88° 71°
- Oct 80° 60°
- Nov 70° 50°
- Dec 64° 46°
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 Ferry Pass each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 42°F. The most precipitation falls in July (8.26 in), the least in May (3.90 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61°F | 42°F | 51.5°F | 5.30 | 8 | <1 | 6 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 65°F | 46°F | 55.8°F | 4.76 | 8 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 71°F | 52°F | 61.7°F | 5.13 | 7 | <1 | <1 | 12 h |
| April | 77°F | 59°F | 67.9°F | 5.41 | 6 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 85°F | 67°F | 75.7°F | 3.90 | 6 | 6 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 89°F | 73°F | 80.9°F | 7.79 | 12 | 18 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 91°F | 74°F | 82.6°F | 8.26 | 14 | 22 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 91°F | 74°F | 82.4°F | 6.73 | 14 | 22 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 88°F | 71°F | 79.3°F | 6.08 | 9 | 11 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 80°F | 60°F | 70.2°F | 4.48 | 6 | 1 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 70°F | 50°F | 59.9°F | 4.24 | 6 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 64°F | 46°F | 54.8°F | 5.76 | 9 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 78°F | 60°F | 68.6°F | 67.84 | 105 | 80 | 13 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16°C | 6°C | 10.8°C | 135 mm |
| February | 19°C | 8°C | 13.2°C | 121 mm |
| March | 22°C | 11°C | 16.5°C | 130 mm |
| April | 25°C | 15°C | 19.9°C | 137 mm |
| May | 29°C | 19°C | 24.3°C | 99 mm |
| June | 32°C | 23°C | 27.2°C | 198 mm |
| July | 33°C | 23°C | 28.1°C | 210 mm |
| August | 33°C | 23°C | 28.0°C | 171 mm |
| September | 31°C | 22°C | 26.3°C | 154 mm |
| October | 27°C | 16°C | 21.2°C | 114 mm |
| November | 21°C | 10°C | 15.5°C | 108 mm |
| December | 18°C | 8°C | 12.7°C | 146 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00086999; 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 Ferry Pass?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in February, March, April, May, October and November. Of those, October 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 USC00086999.
When is the last frost in Ferry Pass?
In Ferry Pass, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after February 17 in half of years and after March 13 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before December 9 in half of years and before November 15 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
- February 171 year in 10 after March 13; 9 in 10 after January 20
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- December 91 year in 10 before November 15; 9 in 10 before January 12
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 299 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 332 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 31 in half of springs and before January 2 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ferry Pass in zone 9a across its 2 ZIP code areas (9a in 32514, the largest).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Florida · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00086999; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
What hardiness zone is each Ferry Pass ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Ferry Pass's 2 ZIP code areas are all in zone 9a. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in Ferry Pass?
In a normal year in Ferry Pass, 80 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 13 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 105 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 80a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 13a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 105a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00086999.
How sunny is Ferry Pass?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Ferry Pass, 4.9 kWh per square metre a day. May is the sunniest month (86%) and February the cloudiest (73%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 76% | 3.1 |
| February | 73% | 3.7 |
| March | 80% | 5.0 |
| April | 83% | 6.0 |
| May | 86% | 6.7 |
| June | 82% | 6.4 |
| July | 81% | 6.0 |
| August | 80% | 5.6 |
| September | 84% | 5.3 |
| October | 85% | 4.5 |
| November | 83% | 3.6 |
| December | 73% | 2.7 |
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 Ferry Pass need?
A normal year in Ferry Pass brings 1,440 heating degree days, 73% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,765 cooling degree days, 3.0 times the median (908). Two months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 6,987 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 425 | 7 |
| February | 271 | 13 |
| March | 144 | 43 |
| April | 39 | 128 |
| May | 1 | 334 |
| June | 0 | 476 |
| July | 0 | 547 |
| August | 0 | 539 |
| September | 0 | 429 |
| October | 38 | 198 |
| November | 187 | 34 |
| December | 335 | 18 |
| Year (annual) | 1,440 | 2,765 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00086999. 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 Ferry Pass been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 68.4°F, 0.2°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 68.6°F. 1 of the 2 complete years since 2024 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 69.8°F | +1.2°F | 57.14 |
| 2025 | 68.4°F | −0.2°F | 55.31 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00086999. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Ferry Pass's climate compare?
Ferry Pass is warmer than 16 of the other 105 places with their own NOAA record in Florida, and wetter than 92. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 68.6°F is warmer than 94%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Ferry Pass 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 Ferry Pass 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.
- Pace, FL25,630 people · 6 mi N
- Ensley, FL23,036 people · 4 mi W
- Gonzalez, FL13,861 people · 7 mi NW
- Pea Ridge, FL3,934 people · 8 mi NE
- Avalon, FL1,033 people · 6 mi E
- Floridatown, FL330 people · 4 mi NE
- Mulat, FL291 people · 5 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 Ferry Pass's climate
What is the coldest month in Ferry Pass?
January, with a normal high of 61°F and a normal low of 42°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 74°F at night).
What is the rainiest month in Ferry Pass?
July, with 8.26 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is May with 3.90 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Ferry Pass in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Ferry Pass in zone 9a across its 2 ZIP code areas (9a in 32514, the largest).
How late can frost come in Ferry Pass?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after February 17; in one year in ten it comes after March 13. Waiting until March 13 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Florida climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Pensacola, FL4 miles from this station, 69.4°F a year
- Chactaw NOLF Milton, FL14 miles from this station, 68.1°F a year
- Whiting Field Naval Air Station South, FL16 miles from this station, 69.2°F a year
- Whiting Field Naval Air Station, FL17 miles from this station, 66.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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