Live Oak, Florida climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Live Oak's normal year runs from 45°F January nights to 94°F July afternoons, with 51.9 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 21.8°C, January lows of 7°C, July highs of 34°C, 1,318 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLive Oak
- Station IDUSC00085099
- Location30.29°N 82.97°W
- Elevation120 ft (37 m)
- From the center1 miles
- Population7,200
On October 22, the normal high in Live Oak is 82°F and the normal low 60°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 13%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Live Oak.
- Jan 68° 45°
- Feb 72° 48°
- Mar 78° 52°
- Apr 84° 58°
- May 90° 65°
- Jun 92° 72°
- Jul 94° 74°
- Aug 93° 74°
- Sep 90° 71°
- Oct 84° 62°
- Nov 76° 52°
- Dec 70° 47°
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 Live Oak each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 94°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 45°F. The most precipitation falls in June (6.78 in), the least in November (2.11 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 | 68°F | 45°F | 56.6°F | 4.82 | 7 | <1 | 7 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 72°F | 48°F | 60.0°F | 3.50 | 6 | <1 | 4 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 78°F | 52°F | 64.9°F | 5.01 | 6 | <1 | 1 | 12 h |
| April | 84°F | 58°F | 70.6°F | 3.50 | 5 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 90°F | 65°F | 77.4°F | 2.62 | 4 | 17 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 92°F | 72°F | 82.1°F | 6.78 | 11 | 23 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 94°F | 74°F | 83.8°F | 6.39 | 10 | 27 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 93°F | 74°F | 83.4°F | 5.59 | 11 | 26 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 90°F | 71°F | 80.4°F | 4.99 | 7 | 17 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 84°F | 62°F | 72.9°F | 4.04 | 4 | 3 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 76°F | 52°F | 64.1°F | 2.11 | 4 | <1 | 2 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 70°F | 47°F | 58.7°F | 2.54 | 5 | <1 | 5 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 83°F | 60°F | 71.2°F | 51.89 | 79 | 116 | 19 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20°C | 7°C | 13.7°C | 122 mm |
| February | 22°C | 9°C | 15.6°C | 89 mm |
| March | 25°C | 11°C | 18.3°C | 127 mm |
| April | 29°C | 14°C | 21.4°C | 89 mm |
| May | 32°C | 18°C | 25.2°C | 67 mm |
| June | 33°C | 22°C | 27.8°C | 172 mm |
| July | 34°C | 23°C | 28.8°C | 162 mm |
| August | 34°C | 23°C | 28.6°C | 142 mm |
| September | 32°C | 22°C | 26.9°C | 127 mm |
| October | 29°C | 17°C | 22.7°C | 103 mm |
| November | 24°C | 11°C | 17.8°C | 54 mm |
| December | 21°C | 8°C | 14.8°C | 65 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00085099; 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 Live Oak?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in January, February, March, April, October, November and December. Of those, November has the fewest days with rain (4).
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 USC00085099.
When is the last frost in Live Oak?
In Live Oak, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after February 20 in half of years and after March 19 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before December 6 in half of years and before November 14 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 201 year in 10 after March 19; 9 in 10 after January 20
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- December 61 year in 10 before November 14; 9 in 10 before January 8
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 292 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 325 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 31 in half of springs and before December 29 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Live Oak in zone 9a in ZIP code 32064. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Live Oak's NOAA station is in zone 9a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 22°F (15 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 USC00085099; 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 Live Oak?
In a normal year in Live Oak, 116 days a year reach 90°F (3 of them 100°F or more), 19 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 79 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 116a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 19a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 79a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1898) is 106°F, on June 6, 1985; the lowest is 6°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1964, with 84.54 in; the snowiest season is 1989–90, with 3.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00085099; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00085099. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Live Oak?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Live Oak, 4.7 kWh per square metre a day. May is the sunniest month (83%) and February the cloudiest (74%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 77% | 3.1 |
| February | 74% | 3.8 |
| March | 78% | 4.9 |
| April | 81% | 5.9 |
| May | 83% | 6.4 |
| June | 77% | 6.0 |
| July | 79% | 5.9 |
| August | 77% | 5.4 |
| September | 78% | 4.9 |
| October | 80% | 4.2 |
| November | 81% | 3.5 |
| December | 75% | 2.8 |
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 Live Oak need?
A normal year in Live Oak brings 957 heating degree days, 82% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,254 cooling degree days, 3.6 times the median (908). No month reaches 300 heating degree days. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 7,858 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 286 | 24 |
| February | 179 | 38 |
| March | 98 | 95 |
| April | 24 | 190 |
| May | 1 | 384 |
| June | 0 | 513 |
| July | 0 | 583 |
| August | 0 | 572 |
| September | 0 | 464 |
| October | 18 | 263 |
| November | 115 | 88 |
| December | 237 | 42 |
| Year (annual) | 957 | 3,254 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00085099. 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 Live Oak been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 71.7°F, 0.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 71.2°F. 1 of the 2 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 71.1°F | −0.1°F | 57.38 |
| 2025 | 71.7°F | +0.5°F | 38.62 |
Over 41 complete years from 1954 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.7°F per century (+0.15°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00085099; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Live Oak's climate compare?
Live Oak is warmer than 37 of the other 105 places with their own NOAA record in Florida, and wetter than 34. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 71.2°F is warmer than 96%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Live Oak 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.
Questions about Live Oak's climate
What is the coldest month in Live Oak?
January, with a normal high of 68°F and a normal low of 45°F. The warmest is July (94°F by day, 74°F at night).
Does it snow in Live Oak?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Live Oak?
June, with 6.78 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 2.11 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Live Oak in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Live Oak in zone 9a in ZIP code 32064. By the same method at Live Oak's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 22°F (15 years, 1991-2020): zone 9a.
How late can frost come in Live Oak?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after February 20; in one year in ten it comes after March 19. Waiting until March 19 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
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- Florida climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- White Springs, FL15 miles from this station, 69.1°F a year
- Jasper, FL16 miles from this station, 66.3°F a year
- Mayo, FL18 miles from this station, 69.2°F a year
- Lake City, FL23 miles from this station, 67.2°F a year
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