Horizon West, Florida climate: NOAA's gridded normals for the city, beside the nearest station records
NOAA's gridded 1991-2020 normals put Horizon West's center at January lows of 49°F and July highs of 92°F, a yearly mean of 72.8°F and 51.2 inches of precipitation. No NOAA station keeps a record under the city's name. The nearest station record, Lake Butler (6 miles NE, 150 ft), has January lows of 49°F and July highs of 93°F.
62,152 people (Census Bureau 2024). Distances and directions are from the city's center.
- Jan 71° 49°
- Feb 75° 52°
- Mar 79° 56°
- Apr 84° 60°
- May 89° 66°
- Jun 91° 72°
- Jul 92° 73°
- Aug 92° 74°
- Sep 90° 72°
- Oct 85° 66°
- Nov 78° 57°
- Dec 73° 52°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
The months above are NOAA's gridded normals at Horizon West's center.
What is each month like in Horizon West?
NOAA's grid estimates the normals every 5 km or so from the stations around each point, terrain included. It smooths between stations, so night lows at the heart of a large city can run warmer than the grid shows: at five big-city airports we compared, the grid's highs were within about 1°F of the station and its lows 1-6°F cooler. The nearest record's high and low are beside each month.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Lake Butler high | Lake Butler low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71°F | 49°F | 60.2°F | 2.74 | 71°F | 49°F |
| February | 75°F | 52°F | 63.2°F | 2.26 | 75°F | 51°F |
| March | 79°F | 56°F | 67.1°F | 3.06 | 79°F | 55°F |
| April | 84°F | 60°F | 71.9°F | 2.53 | 84°F | 59°F |
| May | 89°F | 66°F | 77.5°F | 3.73 | 89°F | 66°F |
| June | 91°F | 72°F | 81.3°F | 8.23 | 92°F | 71°F |
| July | 92°F | 73°F | 82.8°F | 7.44 | 93°F | 73°F |
| August | 92°F | 74°F | 82.9°F | 7.88 | 92°F | 73°F |
| September | 90°F | 72°F | 81.0°F | 6.23 | 91°F | 72°F |
| October | 85°F | 66°F | 75.3°F | 2.89 | 85°F | 65°F |
| November | 78°F | 57°F | 67.7°F | 1.73 | 79°F | 57°F |
| December | 73°F | 52°F | 62.8°F | 2.47 | 73°F | 52°F |
In metric: a yearly mean of 22.7°C, January lows of 9°C, July highs of 33°C and 1,300 mm of precipitation a year.
Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Monthly Gridded Climate Normals 1991-2020 (nClimGrid, accession 0245564); NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 station normals. The grid cell holding the city's Census center point.
What do the station records around Horizon West say?
Each row is a NOAA station's own 1991-2020 normals, with the snow and frost dates the grid does not give. A record downhill or nearer the coast than the city can run warmer, one uphill cooler: compare the elevations.
| Record | Where | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake ButlerOrlando W | 6 mi NE | 150 ft | 72.7°F | 49°F | 93°F | 53.6 | – | January 28 |
| Clermont9 mi S | 7 mi W | 130 ft | 73.6°F | 49°F | 94°F | 50.6 | 0 | January 29 |
| KissimmeeKissimmee 2 | 16 mi SE | 60 ft | 72.5°F | 48°F | 92°F | 52.6 | 0 | January 28 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals; place center and population: Census Bureau 2024. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
How much snow, how late a frost, what zone and how much sun in Horizon West?
NOAA's grid gives no snow, frost dates or records, so these come from the nearest station record, Lake Butler (6 miles NE, 150 ft). NOAA publishes no snowfall normal for it; the nearest record that has one, Clermont (7 miles W), gets 0 inches a year. The last spring frost (32°F) comes after January 28 in half of years and the first autumn frost before January 9.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Horizon West in zones 9b to 10a across its 2 ZIP code areas.
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area (4.9 kWh per square metre a day, NASA POWER 2001-2020); April is the sunniest month (83%) and June the cloudiest (75%).
Lake Butler's page has its months, frost probabilities, records by month and recent years. NOAA's grid has monthly figures only, so there are no day-by-day month pages for Horizon West; the nearest record's month pages have them.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals, station USC00086634; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; sunshine: NASA POWER.
How does the climate vary across Horizon West, ZIP code by ZIP code?
2 ZIP code areas lie wholly or partly in Horizon West. On NOAA's grid 34786 is the warmest (72.8°F a year) and 34787 the coolest (72.7°F), so the city is nearly uniform. Each row also names the nearest station record and its frost dates.
| ZIP code | Zone | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Nearest record | Last frost | First frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34786 | 10a | 72.8°F | 49°F | 92°F | 51.2 | Lake Butler (2 mi) | January 28 | January 9 |
| 34787 | 9b | 72.7°F | 49°F | 92°F | 51.1 | Lake Butler (5 mi) | January 28 | January 9 |
Source: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file and ZCTA centers; NOAA NCEI gridded and station normals, 1991-2020. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) is in the city; its figures are the grid cell at its center; frost dates are the nearest record's medians of 32°F.