Homestead, Florida climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Homestead's normal year runs from 55°F January nights to 92°F August afternoons, with 59.9 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 24.3°C, January lows of 13°C, August highs of 33°C, 1,521 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHomestead Gen Aviation Airport
- Station IDUSC00084095
- Location25.50°N 80.55°W
- Elevation9 ft (3 m)
- Population85,796
On October 14, the normal high in Homestead is 88°F and the normal low 71°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 43%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Homestead.
- Jan 78° 55°
- Feb 80° 57°
- Mar 82° 59°
- Apr 86° 63°
- May 88° 68°
- Jun 91° 73°
- Jul 92° 74°
- Aug 92° 74°
- Sep 91° 74°
- Oct 88° 70°
- Nov 83° 63°
- Dec 79° 59°
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 Homestead each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 55°F. The most precipitation falls in August (10.17 in), the least in January (1.70 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 | 78°F | 55°F | 66.4°F | 1.70 | 7 | <1 | <1 | 10 h 40 min |
| February | 80°F | 57°F | 68.0°F | 2.01 | 7 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| March | 82°F | 59°F | 70.4°F | 2.05 | 6 | 1 | <1 | 12 h |
| April | 86°F | 63°F | 74.3°F | 2.92 | 6 | 4 | <1 | 12 h 40 min |
| May | 88°F | 68°F | 78.2°F | 5.77 | 11 | 8 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| June | 91°F | 73°F | 81.7°F | 9.34 | 18 | 18 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| July | 92°F | 74°F | 82.9°F | 7.14 | 17 | 23 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| August | 92°F | 74°F | 83.2°F | 10.17 | 19 | 25 | <1 | 13 h |
| September | 91°F | 74°F | 82.4°F | 8.63 | 19 | 18 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 88°F | 70°F | 78.9°F | 5.86 | 12 | 6 | <1 | 11 h 40 min |
| November | 83°F | 63°F | 73.0°F | 2.34 | 8 | 1 | <1 | 11 h |
| December | 79°F | 59°F | 69.0°F | 1.97 | 9 | <1 | <1 | 10 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 86°F | 66°F | 75.7°F | 59.90 | 139 | 102 | <1 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25°C | 13°C | 19.1°C | 43 mm |
| February | 26°C | 14°C | 20.0°C | 51 mm |
| March | 28°C | 15°C | 21.3°C | 52 mm |
| April | 30°C | 17°C | 23.5°C | 74 mm |
| May | 31°C | 20°C | 25.7°C | 147 mm |
| June | 33°C | 23°C | 27.6°C | 237 mm |
| July | 33°C | 23°C | 28.3°C | 181 mm |
| August | 33°C | 24°C | 28.4°C | 258 mm |
| September | 33°C | 23°C | 28.0°C | 219 mm |
| October | 31°C | 21°C | 26.1°C | 149 mm |
| November | 28°C | 17°C | 22.8°C | 59 mm |
| December | 26°C | 15°C | 20.6°C | 50 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00084095; 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 Homestead?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in January, February, March, November and December. Of those, March 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 USC00084095.
What hardiness zone is each Homestead ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Homestead's 3 ZIP code areas run from zone 10b to 11a: 1 in 10b and 2 in 11a. 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 Homestead?
In a normal year in Homestead, 102 days a year reach 90°F, nights almost never fall to freezing and 139 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 102a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 139a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1990) is 102°F, on August 19, 2026; the lowest is 30°F, on January 11, 2010.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2012, with 74.50 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00084095; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00084095. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Homestead?
Over a year 80% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Homestead, 5.0 kWh per square metre a day. April is the sunniest month (85%) and June the cloudiest (75%). Among the 459 U.S. places of 50,000 or more, that ranks tied 125th (with 50 others) in sunshine.
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 80% | 3.7 |
| February | 81% | 4.5 |
| March | 84% | 5.5 |
| April | 85% | 6.2 |
| May | 82% | 6.3 |
| June | 75% | 5.7 |
| July | 79% | 5.9 |
| August | 79% | 5.6 |
| September | 77% | 5.0 |
| October | 80% | 4.5 |
| November | 81% | 3.9 |
| December | 81% | 3.5 |
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 Homestead need?
A normal year in Homestead brings 182 heating degree days, 97% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 4,108 cooling degree days, 4.5 times the median (908). No month reaches 300 heating degree days. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 9,404 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 68 | 111 |
| February | 40 | 125 |
| March | 21 | 189 |
| April | 3 | 283 |
| May | 0 | 411 |
| June | 0 | 502 |
| July | 0 | 555 |
| August | 0 | 564 |
| September | 0 | 524 |
| October | 1 | 433 |
| November | 7 | 246 |
| December | 43 | 165 |
| Year (annual) | 182 | 4,108 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00084095. 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 Homestead been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 77.0°F, 1.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 75.7°F. 3 of the 3 complete years since 2023 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 77.9°F | +2.2°F | 70.38 |
| 2024 | 77.4°F | +1.7°F | 62.89 |
| 2025 | 77.0°F | +1.3°F | 53.64 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00084095. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Homestead's climate compare?
Homestead is warmer than 88 of the other 105 places with their own NOAA record in Florida, and wetter than 78. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 75.7°F is warmer than 99%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Homestead is Am: tropical monsoon. 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 Homestead share this climate record?
Florida City has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Florida City, FL13,157 people · 6 mi SE
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 Homestead's climate
What is the coldest month in Homestead?
January, with a normal high of 78°F and a normal low of 55°F. The warmest is August (92°F by day, 74°F at night).
Does it snow in Homestead?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Homestead?
August, with 10.17 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.70 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Homestead in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Homestead in zones 10b to 11a across its 3 ZIP code areas (11a in 33033, the largest). By the same method at Homestead's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 38°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 10b.
Nearby and next
- Homestead in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Florida climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Royal Palm Ranger Station, FL8 miles from this station, 75.9°F a year
- Perrine (4 mi W), FL9 miles from this station, 74.6°F a year
- Tamiami, FL21 miles from this station, 76.7°F a year
- John Pennekamp State Park, FL25 miles from this station, 77.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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