Madison, Florida climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Madison's normal year runs from 40°F January nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 52.8 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 19.8°C, January lows of 5°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,340 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMadison
- Station IDUSC00085275
- Location30.47°N 83.40°W
- Elevation120 ft (37 m)
- Population2,994
On October 22, the normal high in Madison is 79°F and the normal low 56°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 15%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Madison.
- Jan 63° 40°
- Feb 67° 44°
- Mar 73° 48°
- Apr 79° 55°
- May 86° 62°
- Jun 90° 70°
- Jul 91° 72°
- Aug 91° 72°
- Sep 87° 68°
- Oct 81° 58°
- Nov 72° 49°
- Dec 66° 43°
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 Madison each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 40°F. The most precipitation falls in June (7.62 in), the least in November (2.32 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63°F | 40°F | 51.6°F | 4.92 | 9 | <1 | 8 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 67°F | 44°F | 55.3°F | 3.84 | 8 | <1 | 5 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 73°F | 48°F | 60.9°F | 5.06 | 7 | <1 | 1 | 12 h |
| April | 79°F | 55°F | 67.0°F | 2.91 | 6 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 86°F | 62°F | 74.1°F | 2.66 | 6 | 11 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 90°F | 70°F | 79.6°F | 7.62 | 12 | 19 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 91°F | 72°F | 81.2°F | 6.17 | 13 | 25 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 91°F | 72°F | 81.1°F | 6.57 | 13 | 23 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 87°F | 68°F | 77.5°F | 3.96 | 8 | 14 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 81°F | 58°F | 69.3°F | 3.29 | 5 | 1 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 72°F | 49°F | 60.1°F | 2.32 | 5 | <1 | 2 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 66°F | 43°F | 54.3°F | 3.45 | 7 | <1 | 7 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 79°F | 57°F | 67.7°F | 52.77 | 100 | 94 | 23 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17°C | 5°C | 10.9°C | 125 mm |
| February | 19°C | 6°C | 12.9°C | 98 mm |
| March | 23°C | 9°C | 16.1°C | 129 mm |
| April | 26°C | 13°C | 19.4°C | 74 mm |
| May | 30°C | 17°C | 23.4°C | 68 mm |
| June | 32°C | 21°C | 26.4°C | 194 mm |
| July | 33°C | 22°C | 27.3°C | 157 mm |
| August | 33°C | 22°C | 27.3°C | 167 mm |
| September | 31°C | 20°C | 25.3°C | 101 mm |
| October | 27°C | 15°C | 20.7°C | 84 mm |
| November | 22°C | 9°C | 15.6°C | 59 mm |
| December | 19°C | 6°C | 12.4°C | 88 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00085275; 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 Madison?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in February, March, April, October, November and December. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (5).
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 USC00085275.
When is the last frost in Madison?
In Madison, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 5 in half of years and after March 23 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 29 in half of years and before November 10 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 51 year in 10 after March 23; 9 in 10 after February 3
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 291 year in 10 before November 10; 9 in 10 before December 28
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 273 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 305 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 14 in half of springs and before December 15 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Madison in zone 9a in ZIP code 32340, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Madison's NOAA station is in zone 9a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 22°F (16 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 USC00085275; 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 Madison?
In a normal year in Madison, 94 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 23 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 100 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 94a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 23a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 100a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1892) is 106°F, on June 24, 1944; the lowest is 5°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1964, with 83.34 in; the snowiest season is 1989–90, with 1.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00085275; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00085275. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Madison?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Madison, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. May is the sunniest month (84%) and February the cloudiest (74%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 77% | 3.2 |
| February | 74% | 3.8 |
| March | 79% | 5.0 |
| April | 82% | 6.0 |
| May | 84% | 6.6 |
| June | 78% | 6.0 |
| July | 80% | 6.0 |
| August | 78% | 5.5 |
| September | 80% | 5.0 |
| October | 82% | 4.3 |
| November | 82% | 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 Madison need?
A normal year in Madison brings 1,510 heating degree days, 72% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,506 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 6,701 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 423 | 8 |
| February | 284 | 12 |
| March | 168 | 41 |
| April | 54 | 114 |
| May | 6 | 288 |
| June | 0 | 438 |
| July | 0 | 502 |
| August | 0 | 499 |
| September | 1 | 374 |
| October | 40 | 173 |
| November | 188 | 42 |
| December | 347 | 14 |
| Year (annual) | 1,510 | 2,506 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00085275. 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 Madison's climate compare?
Madison is warmer than 9 of the other 105 places with their own NOAA record in Florida, and wetter than 42. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 67.7°F is warmer than 93%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Madison 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 Madison share this climate record?
2 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.
- Lee, FL380 people · 7 mi SE
- Clyattville, GA148 people · 16 mi N
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 Madison's climate
What is the coldest month in Madison?
January, with a normal high of 63°F and a normal low of 40°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Madison?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Madison?
June, with 7.62 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 2.32 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Madison in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Madison in zone 9a in ZIP code 32340, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Madison's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 22°F (16 years, 1991-2020): zone 9a.
How late can frost come in Madison?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 5; in one year in ten it comes after March 23. Waiting until March 23 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Florida climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Monticello, FL23 miles from this station, 67.2°F a year
- Valdosta, GA23 miles from this station, 67.0°F a year
- Quitman, GA24 miles from this station, 66.6°F a year
- Jasper, FL27 miles from this station, 66.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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