Okeechobee, Florida climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Okeechobee's normal year runs from 52°F January nights to 92°F August afternoons, with 50.3 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 23.7°C, January lows of 11°C, August highs of 33°C, 1,278 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationOkeechobee
- Station IDUSC00086485
- Location27.15°N 80.87°W
- Elevation18 ft (6 m)
- Population5,731
On October 23, the normal high in Okeechobee is 85°F and the normal low 66°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 22%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Okeechobee.
- Jan 74° 52°
- Feb 77° 55°
- Mar 82° 59°
- Apr 84° 64°
- May 89° 68°
- Jun 90° 73°
- Jul 92° 75°
- Aug 92° 75°
- Sep 90° 74°
- Oct 86° 68°
- Nov 80° 60°
- Dec 76° 55°
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 Okeechobee each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 52°F. The most precipitation falls in August (7.31 in), the least in November (1.89 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 | 74°F | 52°F | 63.2°F | 2.47 | 6 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 40 min |
| February | 77°F | 55°F | 65.8°F | 2.12 | 6 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 82°F | 59°F | 70.5°F | 2.96 | 6 | <1 | <1 | 12 h |
| April | 84°F | 64°F | 74.2°F | 2.86 | 6 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 89°F | 68°F | 78.3°F | 4.15 | 7 | 11 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| June | 90°F | 73°F | 81.8°F | 7.28 | 16 | 18 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| July | 92°F | 75°F | 83.3°F | 5.90 | 13 | 23 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| August | 92°F | 75°F | 83.4°F | 7.31 | 14 | 23 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| September | 90°F | 74°F | 81.8°F | 7.23 | 14 | 18 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 86°F | 68°F | 77.0°F | 3.80 | 7 | 6 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 80°F | 60°F | 70.2°F | 1.89 | 5 | <1 | <1 | 10 h 50 min |
| December | 76°F | 55°F | 65.4°F | 2.33 | 7 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 84°F | 65°F | 74.6°F | 50.30 | 107 | 103 | 2 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24°C | 11°C | 17.3°C | 63 mm |
| February | 25°C | 13°C | 18.8°C | 54 mm |
| March | 28°C | 15°C | 21.4°C | 75 mm |
| April | 29°C | 18°C | 23.4°C | 73 mm |
| May | 31°C | 20°C | 25.7°C | 105 mm |
| June | 32°C | 23°C | 27.7°C | 185 mm |
| July | 33°C | 24°C | 28.5°C | 150 mm |
| August | 33°C | 24°C | 28.6°C | 186 mm |
| September | 32°C | 23°C | 27.7°C | 184 mm |
| October | 30°C | 20°C | 25.0°C | 97 mm |
| November | 27°C | 16°C | 21.2°C | 48 mm |
| December | 24°C | 13°C | 18.6°C | 59 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00086485; 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 Okeechobee?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in January, February, March, April, 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 USC00086485.
When is the last frost in Okeechobee?
In Okeechobee, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after January 31 in half of years and after March 1 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before January 11 in half of years and before December 23 in one year in ten. A night at 32°F or colder comes at all in 57% of years here (NOAA).
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- January 311 year in 10 after March 1; 9 in 10 after January 1
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- January 111 year in 10 before December 23; 9 in 10 before February 13
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 355 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 365 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 22 in half of springs and before January 13 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Okeechobee in zone 10a in ZIP code 34974, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Florida · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00086485; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. 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 Okeechobee?
In a normal year in Okeechobee, 103 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 2 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 107 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 103a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 2a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 107a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1945) is 101°F, on July 4, 1998; the lowest is 16°F, on January 20, 1977.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1994, with 60.74 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00086485; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00086485. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Okeechobee?
Over a year 80% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Okeechobee, 5.0 kWh per square metre a day. April is the sunniest month (84%) and June the cloudiest (77%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 80% | 3.5 |
| February | 81% | 4.3 |
| March | 82% | 5.3 |
| April | 84% | 6.1 |
| May | 83% | 6.4 |
| June | 77% | 5.9 |
| July | 79% | 5.9 |
| August | 79% | 5.6 |
| September | 78% | 5.0 |
| October | 81% | 4.5 |
| November | 80% | 3.6 |
| December | 78% | 3.2 |
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 Okeechobee need?
A normal year in Okeechobee brings 364 heating degree days, 93% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,876 cooling degree days, 4.3 times the median (908). No month reaches 300 heating degree days. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 9,004 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 133 | 79 |
| February | 74 | 98 |
| March | 27 | 197 |
| April | 4 | 280 |
| May | 0 | 412 |
| June | 0 | 503 |
| July | 0 | 566 |
| August | 0 | 569 |
| September | 0 | 504 |
| October | 4 | 376 |
| November | 30 | 186 |
| December | 93 | 107 |
| Year (annual) | 364 | 3,876 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00086485. 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 Okeechobee's climate compare?
Okeechobee is warmer than 81 of the other 105 places with their own NOAA record in Florida, and wetter than 18. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 74.6°F is warmer than 99%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Okeechobee 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 Okeechobee 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.
- Taylor Creek, FL4,493 people · 6 mi NE
- Cypress Quarters, FL1,382 people · 8 mi NE
- Buckhead Ridge, FL886 people · 2 mi SW
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 Okeechobee's climate
What is the coldest month in Okeechobee?
January, with a normal high of 74°F and a normal low of 52°F. The warmest is August (92°F by day, 75°F at night).
Does it snow in Okeechobee?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Okeechobee?
August, with 7.31 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 1.89 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Okeechobee in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Okeechobee in zone 10a in ZIP code 34974, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come in Okeechobee?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after January 31; in one year in ten it comes after March 1. Waiting until March 1 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Okeechobee in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Florida climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Brighton Reservation, FL15 miles from this station, 74.1°F a year
- Canal Point, FL25 miles from this station, 76.2°F a year
- Moore Haven, FL25 miles from this station, 73.2°F a year
- Archbold Bio Station, FL30 miles from this station, 72.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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