Myakka River State Park, Florida climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Myakka River State Park's normal year runs from 50°F January nights to 93°F August afternoons, with 61.1 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 23.1°C, January lows of 10°C, August highs of 34°C, 1,551 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMyakka River State Park
- Station IDUSC00086065
- Location27.24°N 82.32°W
- Elevation19 ft (6 m)
On October 14, the normal high in Myakka River State Park is 87°F and the normal low 67°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 29%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Myakka River State Park.
- Jan 75° 50°
- Feb 78° 52°
- Mar 81° 55°
- Apr 85° 60°
- May 90° 65°
- Jun 92° 71°
- Jul 92° 73°
- Aug 93° 74°
- Sep 91° 72°
- Oct 87° 66°
- Nov 81° 57°
- Dec 77° 53°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Myakka River State Park each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 50°F. The most precipitation falls in August (10.12 in), the least in November (2.02 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 75°F | 50°F | 62.2°F | 2.85 | 7 | <1 | 2 | 10 h 40 min |
| February | 78°F | 52°F | 65.0°F | 2.44 | 6 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 81°F | 55°F | 67.9°F | 3.00 | 6 | 1 | <1 | 12 h |
| April | 85°F | 60°F | 72.5°F | 2.98 | 5 | 6 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 90°F | 65°F | 77.4°F | 3.75 | 7 | 20 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| June | 92°F | 71°F | 81.2°F | 9.95 | 15 | 25 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| July | 92°F | 73°F | 82.5°F | 9.81 | 19 | 28 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| August | 93°F | 74°F | 83.1°F | 10.12 | 19 | 28 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| September | 91°F | 72°F | 81.4°F | 8.45 | 16 | 24 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 87°F | 66°F | 76.3°F | 3.19 | 8 | 10 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 81°F | 57°F | 69.1°F | 2.02 | 5 | 1 | <1 | 10 h 50 min |
| December | 77°F | 53°F | 64.8°F | 2.51 | 7 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 85°F | 62°F | 73.6°F | 61.07 | 120 | 141 | 3 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24°C | 10°C | 16.8°C | 72 mm |
| February | 25°C | 11°C | 18.3°C | 62 mm |
| March | 27°C | 13°C | 19.9°C | 76 mm |
| April | 30°C | 15°C | 22.5°C | 76 mm |
| May | 32°C | 18°C | 25.2°C | 95 mm |
| June | 33°C | 22°C | 27.3°C | 253 mm |
| July | 34°C | 23°C | 28.1°C | 249 mm |
| August | 34°C | 23°C | 28.4°C | 257 mm |
| September | 33°C | 22°C | 27.4°C | 215 mm |
| October | 30°C | 19°C | 24.6°C | 81 mm |
| November | 27°C | 14°C | 20.6°C | 51 mm |
| December | 25°C | 12°C | 18.2°C | 64 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00086065; 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.
Which months are mildest at Myakka River State Park?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in January, February, March, November and December. Of those, November 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 USC00086065.
When is the last frost at Myakka River State Park?
In Myakka River State Park, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after February 1 in half of years and after March 3 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before January 6 in half of years and before December 5 in one year in ten. A night at 32°F or colder comes at all in 79% of years here (NOAA).
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- February 11 year in 10 after March 3; 9 in 10 after January 1
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- January 61 year in 10 before December 5; 9 in 10 before February 5
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 336 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 365 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 15 in half of springs and before January 9 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Myakka River State Park in zone 10a in ZIP code 34241, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 9b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 29°F (28 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Florida · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00086065; 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 at Myakka River State Park?
In a normal year in Myakka River State Park, 141 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 3 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 120 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 141a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 3a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 120a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1956) is 105°F, on June 5, 1985; the lowest is 18°F, on January 13, 1981.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1983, with 80.36 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00086065; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00086065. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Myakka River State Park?
Over a year 83% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Myakka River State Park, 5.1 kWh per square metre a day. May is the sunniest month (88%) and July the cloudiest (79%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 81% | 3.6 |
| February | 81% | 4.3 |
| March | 85% | 5.5 |
| April | 87% | 6.4 |
| May | 88% | 6.8 |
| June | 81% | 6.2 |
| July | 79% | 5.9 |
| August | 80% | 5.6 |
| September | 81% | 5.2 |
| October | 86% | 4.7 |
| November | 84% | 3.9 |
| December | 81% | 3.3 |
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 many heating and cooling degree days does Myakka River State Park record?
A normal year at Myakka River State Park brings 417 heating degree days, 92% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,581 cooling degree days, 3.9 times the median (908). No month reaches 300 heating degree days. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 8,654 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 145 | 60 |
| February | 81 | 81 |
| March | 48 | 139 |
| April | 8 | 233 |
| May | 0 | 383 |
| June | 0 | 486 |
| July | 0 | 544 |
| August | 0 | 560 |
| September | 0 | 494 |
| October | 4 | 354 |
| November | 31 | 154 |
| December | 100 | 94 |
| Year (annual) | 417 | 3,581 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00086065. 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.
Have recent years at Myakka River State Park been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 73.3°F, 0.3°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 73.6°F. 2 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 73.0°F | −0.6°F | 46.46 |
| 2023 | 74.1°F | +0.5°F | 47.62 |
| 2024 | 73.8°F | +0.2°F | 67.04 |
| 2025 | 73.3°F | −0.3°F | 48.29 |
Over 48 complete years from 1958 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.5°F per century (+0.25°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00086065; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Myakka River State Park's climate compare?
Myakka River State Park is warmer than 66 of the 106 places with their own NOAA record in Florida, and wetter than 82. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 73.6°F is warmer than 98%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Myakka River State Park 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 Myakka River State Park share this climate record?
3 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.
- North Port, FLalso near: Venice (15 mi, 73.7°F a year); Punta Gorda (16 mi, 74.3°F a year)92,875 people · 14 mi SE
- Lake Sarasota, FL3,802 people · 8 mi NW
- Old Miakka, FL1,398 people · 6 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 Myakka River State Park's climate
What is the coldest month at Myakka River State Park?
January, with a normal high of 75°F and a normal low of 50°F. The warmest is August (93°F by day, 74°F at night).
Does it snow at Myakka River State Park?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month at Myakka River State Park?
August, with 10.12 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 2.02 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Myakka River State Park in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Myakka River State Park in zone 10a in ZIP code 34241, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 29°F (28 years, 1991-2020): zone 9b.
How late can frost come at Myakka River State Park?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after February 1; in one year in ten it comes after March 3. Waiting until March 3 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Florida climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Venice, FL12 miles from this station, 73.7°F a year
- Bradenton, FL18 miles from this station, 74.1°F a year
- Sarasota, FL19 miles from this station, 74.1°F a year
- Fort Green (12 mi WSW), FL25 miles from this station, 71.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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