Ocala, Florida climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Ocala's normal year runs from 46°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 51.6 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 21.8°C, January lows of 8°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,312 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationOcala
- Station IDUSC00086414
- Location29.16°N 82.08°W
- Elevation75 ft (23 m)
- From the center5 miles
- Population70,251
On October 23, the normal high in Ocala is 83°F and the normal low 60°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 23%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Ocala.
- Jan 71° 46°
- Feb 74° 48°
- Mar 79° 52°
- Apr 84° 57°
- May 89° 64°
- Jun 91° 70°
- Jul 92° 72°
- Aug 92° 73°
- Sep 90° 70°
- Oct 84° 63°
- Nov 77° 54°
- Dec 72° 48°
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 Ocala each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 46°F. The most precipitation falls in June (7.41 in), the least in November (2.09 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71°F | 46°F | 58.1°F | 3.38 | 9 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 30 min |
| February | 74°F | 48°F | 61.0°F | 2.94 | 8 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 79°F | 52°F | 65.3°F | 3.68 | 7 | <1 | <1 | 12 h |
| April | 84°F | 57°F | 70.7°F | 2.22 | 6 | 4 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 89°F | 64°F | 76.4°F | 3.53 | 7 | 15 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 91°F | 70°F | 80.7°F | 7.41 | 16 | 20 | <1 | 14 h |
| July | 92°F | 72°F | 82.1°F | 6.94 | 17 | 25 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| August | 92°F | 73°F | 82.0°F | 7.07 | 18 | 24 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| September | 90°F | 70°F | 79.9°F | 6.49 | 13 | 18 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 84°F | 63°F | 73.5°F | 3.21 | 8 | 4 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 77°F | 54°F | 65.4°F | 2.09 | 6 | <1 | <1 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 72°F | 48°F | 60.3°F | 2.68 | 7 | <1 | 2 | 10 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 83°F | 60°F | 71.3°F | 51.64 | 121 | 110 | 8 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21°C | 8°C | 14.5°C | 86 mm |
| February | 23°C | 9°C | 16.1°C | 75 mm |
| March | 26°C | 11°C | 18.5°C | 93 mm |
| April | 29°C | 14°C | 21.5°C | 56 mm |
| May | 32°C | 18°C | 24.7°C | 90 mm |
| June | 33°C | 21°C | 27.1°C | 188 mm |
| July | 33°C | 22°C | 27.8°C | 176 mm |
| August | 33°C | 23°C | 27.8°C | 180 mm |
| September | 32°C | 21°C | 26.6°C | 165 mm |
| October | 29°C | 17°C | 23.1°C | 82 mm |
| November | 25°C | 12°C | 18.6°C | 53 mm |
| December | 22°C | 9°C | 15.7°C | 68 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00086414; 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 Ocala?
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 (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 USC00086414.
When is the last frost in Ocala?
In Ocala, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after February 25 in half of years and after March 21 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before December 12 in half of years and before November 21 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 251 year in 10 after March 21; 9 in 10 after January 24
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- December 121 year in 10 before November 21; 9 in 10 before January 14
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 293 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 328 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 4 in half of springs and before January 3 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ocala in zone 9a across its 4 ZIP code areas (9a in 34474, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Ocala's NOAA station is in zone 9a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 25°F (29 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 USC00086414; 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.
What hardiness zone is each Ocala ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Ocala's 4 ZIP code areas are all in zone 9a. 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 Ocala?
In a normal year in Ocala, 110 days a year reach 90°F, 8 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 121 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 110a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 8a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 121a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 105°F, on June 8, 1933; the lowest is 11°F, on January 13, 1981.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1964, with 70.61 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00086414; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00086414. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Ocala?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Ocala, 4.9 kWh per square metre a day. May is the sunniest month (84%) and July the cloudiest (75%). Among the 459 U.S. places of 50,000 or more, that ranks tied 176th (with 33 others) in sunshine.
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 79% | 3.3 |
| February | 77% | 4.0 |
| March | 81% | 5.2 |
| April | 83% | 6.1 |
| May | 84% | 6.6 |
| June | 77% | 6.0 |
| July | 75% | 5.7 |
| August | 76% | 5.4 |
| September | 78% | 5.0 |
| October | 82% | 4.4 |
| November | 82% | 3.6 |
| December | 78% | 3.0 |
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 Ocala need?
A normal year in Ocala brings 791 heating degree days, 85% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,104 cooling degree days, 3.4 times the median (908). No month reaches 300 heating degree days. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 7,848 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 243 | 29 |
| February | 154 | 44 |
| March | 86 | 96 |
| April | 20 | 190 |
| May | 1 | 354 |
| June | 0 | 471 |
| July | 0 | 530 |
| August | 0 | 529 |
| September | 0 | 447 |
| October | 11 | 275 |
| November | 84 | 94 |
| December | 193 | 45 |
| Year (annual) | 791 | 3,104 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00086414. 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 Ocala been warmer than normal lately?
2022 averaged 72.5°F, 1.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 71.3°F.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 72.5°F | +1.2°F | 50.54 |
Over 72 complete years from 1894 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.3°F per century (+0.07°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00086414; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Ocala's climate compare?
Ocala is warmer than 39 of the other 105 places with their own NOAA record in Florida, and wetter than 32. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 71.3°F is warmer than 96%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Ocala 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 Ocala share this climate record?
10 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.
- Silver Springs Shores, FL27,556 people · 5 mi SE
- Liberty Triangle, FL24,178 people · 11 mi SW
- Marion Oaks, FL22,296 people · 13 mi SW
- On Top of the World, FL13,772 people · 13 mi W
- Belleview, FL6,156 people · 7 mi S
- Silver Springs, FL2,640 people · 4 mi N
- Ocala Estates, FL2,347 people · 14 mi W
- Rainbow Park, FL2,070 people · 17 mi W
- Ocklawaha, FL1,966 people · 12 mi SE
- Morriston, FL176 people · 23 mi W
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 Ocala's climate
What is the coldest month in Ocala?
January, with a normal high of 71°F and a normal low of 46°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 72°F at night).
What is the rainiest month in Ocala?
June, with 7.41 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 2.09 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Ocala in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Ocala in zone 9a across its 4 ZIP code areas (9a in 34474, the largest). By the same method at Ocala's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 25°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 9a.
How late can frost come in Ocala?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after February 25; in one year in ten it comes after March 21. Waiting until March 21 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Florida climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Orange Springs (2 mi SSW), FL23 miles from this station, 69.0°F a year
- Lisbon, FL27 miles from this station, 70.1°F a year
- Inverness, FL29 miles from this station, 69.8°F a year
- Leesburg, FL29 miles from this station, 72.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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