High Springs, Florida climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
High Springs's normal year runs from 40°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 51.7 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 20.2°C, January lows of 4°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,313 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHigh Springs
- Station IDUSC00083956
- Location29.83°N 82.60°W
- Elevation65 ft (20 m)
- Population6,806
On October 23, the normal high in High Springs is 80°F and the normal low 55°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 High Springs.
- Jan 67° 40°
- Feb 70° 42°
- Mar 76° 47°
- Apr 82° 52°
- May 88° 62°
- Jun 90° 69°
- Jul 92° 70°
- Aug 91° 71°
- Sep 89° 68°
- Oct 82° 58°
- Nov 75° 48°
- Dec 69° 42°
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 High Springs each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 40°F. The most precipitation falls in August (7.19 in), the least in November (2.18 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67°F | 40°F | 53.2°F | 3.68 | 9 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 30 min |
| February | 70°F | 42°F | 56.0°F | 3.14 | 8 | <1 | 5 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 76°F | 47°F | 61.3°F | 3.90 | 8 | <1 | 2 | 12 h |
| April | 82°F | 52°F | 67.2°F | 2.77 | 6 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 88°F | 62°F | 74.9°F | 3.43 | 7 | 14 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 90°F | 69°F | 79.7°F | 6.74 | 14 | 20 | <1 | 14 h |
| July | 92°F | 70°F | 81.1°F | 7.10 | 15 | 24 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| August | 91°F | 71°F | 81.0°F | 7.19 | 16 | 22 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 89°F | 68°F | 78.1°F | 5.45 | 10 | 15 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 82°F | 58°F | 69.9°F | 3.46 | 7 | 2 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 75°F | 48°F | 61.7°F | 2.18 | 6 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 69°F | 42°F | 55.5°F | 2.64 | 8 | <1 | 7 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 81°F | 56°F | 68.3°F | 51.68 | 112 | 100 | 27 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19°C | 4°C | 11.8°C | 93 mm |
| February | 21°C | 5°C | 13.3°C | 80 mm |
| March | 24°C | 8°C | 16.3°C | 99 mm |
| April | 28°C | 11°C | 19.6°C | 70 mm |
| May | 31°C | 17°C | 23.8°C | 87 mm |
| June | 32°C | 21°C | 26.5°C | 171 mm |
| July | 33°C | 21°C | 27.3°C | 180 mm |
| August | 33°C | 22°C | 27.2°C | 183 mm |
| September | 31°C | 20°C | 25.6°C | 138 mm |
| October | 28°C | 14°C | 21.1°C | 88 mm |
| November | 24°C | 9°C | 16.5°C | 55 mm |
| December | 21°C | 5°C | 13.1°C | 67 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00083956; 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 High Springs?
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 (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 USC00083956.
When is the last frost in High Springs?
In High Springs, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 13 in half of years and after April 2 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 22 in half of years and before November 4 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 131 year in 10 after April 2; 9 in 10 after February 16
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 221 year in 10 before November 4; 9 in 10 before December 15
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 255 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 288 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 26 in half of springs and before December 7 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts High Springs in zone 9a in ZIP code 32643. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, High Springs's NOAA station is in zone 9a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 20°F (18 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 USC00083956; 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 High Springs?
In a normal year in High Springs, 100 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 27 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 112 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 100a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 27a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 112a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1944) is 107°F, on July 31, 1986; the lowest is 8°F, on December 24, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1953, with 62.34 in; the snowiest season is 1976–77, with 1.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00083956; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00083956. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is High Springs?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around High Springs, 4.9 kWh per square metre a day. May is the sunniest month (84%) and July the cloudiest (75%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 79% | 3.3 |
| February | 77% | 4.0 |
| March | 81% | 5.2 |
| April | 83% | 6.1 |
| May | 84% | 6.6 |
| June | 77% | 6.0 |
| July | 75% | 5.7 |
| August | 76% | 5.4 |
| September | 78% | 5.0 |
| October | 82% | 4.4 |
| November | 82% | 3.6 |
| 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 High Springs need?
A normal year in High Springs brings 1,354 heating degree days, 75% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,578 cooling degree days, 2.8 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 6,879 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 374 | 10 |
| February | 267 | 14 |
| March | 161 | 46 |
| April | 50 | 116 |
| May | 6 | 311 |
| June | 0 | 440 |
| July | 0 | 499 |
| August | 0 | 494 |
| September | 0 | 393 |
| October | 32 | 185 |
| November | 151 | 52 |
| December | 313 | 17 |
| Year (annual) | 1,354 | 2,578 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00083956. 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 High Springs's climate compare?
High Springs is warmer than 13 of the other 105 places with their own NOAA record in Florida, and wetter than 33. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 68.3°F is warmer than 93%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, High Springs 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 High Springs share this climate record?
6 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.
- Alachua, FL10,856 people · 9 mi SE
- Newberry, FL8,326 people · 13 mi S
- Fort White, FL669 people · 9 mi NW
- Worthington Springs, FL380 people · 13 mi NE
- Spring Ridge, FL339 people · 8 mi W
- La Crosse, FL324 people · 12 mi E
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 High Springs's climate
What is the coldest month in High Springs?
January, with a normal high of 67°F and a normal low of 40°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 70°F at night).
Does it snow in High Springs?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in High Springs?
August, with 7.19 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 2.18 in.
What plant hardiness zone is High Springs in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts High Springs in zone 9a in ZIP code 32643. By the same method at High Springs's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 20°F (18 years, 1991-2020): zone 9a.
How late can frost come in High Springs?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 13; in one year in ten it comes after April 2. Waiting until April 2 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Florida climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Bell, FL19 miles from this station, 67.7°F a year
- Gainesville, FL22 miles from this station, 69.3°F a year
- Lake City, FL25 miles from this station, 67.2°F a year
- Starke, FL30 miles from this station, 70.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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