Orlando, Florida climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Orlando's normal year runs from 50°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 51.5 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 22.8°C, January lows of 10°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,307 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationOrlando International Airport
- Station IDUSW00012815
- Location28.43°N 81.33°W
- Elevation90 ft (27 m)
- Population334,854
On October 23, the normal high in Orlando is 83°F and the normal low 64°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 24%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Orlando.
- Jan 72° 50°
- Feb 75° 52°
- Mar 79° 56°
- Apr 84° 61°
- May 88° 66°
- Jun 91° 72°
- Jul 92° 73°
- Aug 92° 74°
- Sep 90° 72°
- Oct 85° 66°
- Nov 78° 58°
- Dec 74° 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 in Orlando each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 50°F. The most precipitation falls in June (8.05 in), the least in November (1.79 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 | 72°F | 50°F | 60.6°F | 2.48 | 7 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 30 min |
| February | 75°F | 52°F | 63.6°F | 2.04 | 6 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 79°F | 56°F | 67.3°F | 3.03 | 7 | 1 | <1 | 12 h |
| April | 84°F | 61°F | 72.2°F | 2.58 | 6 | 4 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 88°F | 66°F | 77.3°F | 4.02 | 8 | 14 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| June | 91°F | 72°F | 81.2°F | 8.05 | 16 | 20 | <1 | 14 h |
| July | 92°F | 73°F | 82.6°F | 7.46 | 17 | 25 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| August | 92°F | 74°F | 82.6°F | 7.69 | 17 | 24 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| September | 90°F | 72°F | 81.0°F | 6.37 | 14 | 18 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 85°F | 66°F | 75.5°F | 3.46 | 8 | 4 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 78°F | 58°F | 68.2°F | 1.79 | 6 | <1 | <1 | 10 h 50 min |
| December | 74°F | 53°F | 63.3°F | 2.48 | 7 | <1 | <1 | 10 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 83°F | 63°F | 73.0°F | 51.45 | 121 | 110 | 2 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22°C | 10°C | 15.9°C | 63 mm |
| February | 24°C | 11°C | 17.6°C | 52 mm |
| March | 26°C | 13°C | 19.6°C | 77 mm |
| April | 29°C | 16°C | 22.3°C | 66 mm |
| May | 31°C | 19°C | 25.2°C | 102 mm |
| June | 33°C | 22°C | 27.3°C | 204 mm |
| July | 33°C | 23°C | 28.1°C | 189 mm |
| August | 33°C | 23°C | 28.1°C | 195 mm |
| September | 32°C | 22°C | 27.2°C | 162 mm |
| October | 29°C | 19°C | 24.2°C | 88 mm |
| November | 26°C | 15°C | 20.1°C | 45 mm |
| December | 23°C | 12°C | 17.4°C | 63 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00012815; 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 Orlando?
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 USW00012815.
When is the last frost in Orlando?
In Orlando, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after January 25 in half of years and after February 26 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before January 10 in half of years and before December 18 in one year in ten. A night at 32°F or colder comes at all in 61% of years here (NOAA).
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- January 251 year in 10 after February 26; 9 in 10 after December 30
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- January 101 year in 10 before December 18; 9 in 10 before February 10
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 16 in half of springs and before January 13 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Orlando in zone 10a across its 18 ZIP code areas (10a in 32827, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Orlando's NOAA station is in zone 10a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 31°F (30 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 USW00012815; 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 Orlando ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Orlando's 18 ZIP code areas are all in zone 10a. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
| ZIP code | Zone | Land in Orlando |
|---|---|---|
| 32801 | 10a | 5.7 km² |
| 32803 | 10a | 16.6 km² |
| 32804 | 10a | 14.8 km² |
| 32805 | 10a | 13.2 km² |
| 32806 | 10a | 8.7 km² |
| 32807 | 10a | 7.1 km² |
| 32808 | 10a | 12.7 km² |
| 32811 | 10a | 17.9 km² |
| 32812 | 10a | 10.6 km² |
| 32814 | 10a | 3.1 km² |
| 32819 | 10a | 12.6 km² |
| 32822 | 10a | 17.1 km² |
| 32824 | 10a | 24.7 km² |
| 32827 | 10a | 58.4 km² |
| 32829 | 10a | 15.7 km² |
| 32832 | 10a | 32.0 km² |
| 32835 | 10a | 8.5 km² |
| 32839 | 10a | 4.9 km² |
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 Orlando?
In a normal year in Orlando, 110 days a year reach 90°F, 2 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
- 2a 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 Orlando's official record (kept by the National Weather Service since 1892) is 103°F, on September 8, 1921; the lowest is 18°F, on December 28, 1894.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1905, with 74.79 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00012815; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), NWS threaded record MCOthr. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How humid and windy is Orlando, and how clear are its skies?
The summer (June-August) dew point averages 73°F. The muggiest month is July, with an average dew point of 74°F, above the 65°F at which most people call the air sticky; the driest air comes in January (51°F). February is the windiest month (8.9 mph on average), and November has the most clear or nearly clear hours (45%).
| Month | Dew point | Humidity | Afternoon humidity | Wind | Clear or few clouds | Overcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51°F | 72% | 50% | 8.3 mph | 38% | 25% |
| February | 54°F | 69% | 45% | 8.9 mph | 40% | 22% |
| March | 58°F | 67% | 44% | 8.6 mph | 43% | 16% |
| April | 62°F | 68% | 44% | 8.4 mph | 45% | 12% |
| May | 69°F | 74% | 53% | 7.6 mph | 37% | 16% |
| June | 73°F | 78% | 61% | 6.3 mph | 23% | 17% |
| July | 74°F | 79% | 60% | 6.0 mph | 28% | 12% |
| August | 73°F | 80% | 63% | 6.9 mph | 27% | 14% |
| September | 71°F | 79% | 61% | 7.5 mph | 33% | 20% |
| October | 62°F | 74% | 52% | 8.2 mph | 44% | 16% |
| November | 57°F | 75% | 52% | 7.6 mph | 45% | 16% |
| December | 53°F | 75% | 53% | 8.0 mph | 38% | 23% |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 hourly normals, station USW00012815. Monthly averages of all hours; afternoon humidity at 3 p.m. local standard time; sky as the share of hours NOAA's observations rate clear or few clouds (a dash where NOAA publishes no sky value).
How sunny is Orlando?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Orlando, 4.9 kWh per square metre a day. April is the sunniest month (83%) and June 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% | 3.5 |
| February | 77% | 4.1 |
| March | 81% | 5.2 |
| April | 83% | 6.1 |
| May | 83% | 6.5 |
| June | 75% | 5.8 |
| July | 76% | 5.7 |
| August | 76% | 5.4 |
| September | 77% | 4.9 |
| October | 81% | 4.4 |
| November | 81% | 3.6 |
| December | 79% | 3.1 |
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 Orlando need?
A normal year in Orlando brings 525 heating degree days, 90% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,452 cooling degree days, 3.8 times the median (908). No month reaches 300 heating degree days. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 8,428 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 180 | 46 |
| February | 105 | 67 |
| March | 54 | 127 |
| April | 10 | 224 |
| May | 1 | 383 |
| June | 0 | 486 |
| July | 0 | 546 |
| August | 0 | 547 |
| September | 0 | 480 |
| October | 6 | 329 |
| November | 43 | 140 |
| December | 127 | 76 |
| Year (annual) | 525 | 3,452 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00012815. 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 Orlando been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 74.2°F, 1.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 73.0°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 74.7°F | +1.7°F | 46.19 |
| 2022 | 75.2°F | +2.2°F | 61.92 |
| 2023 | 75.6°F | +2.6°F | 52.41 |
| 2024 | 75.0°F | +2.0°F | 40.41 |
| 2025 | 74.2°F | +1.2°F | 53.41 |
Over 72 complete years from 1948 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.5°F per century (+0.14°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00012815; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Orlando's climate compare?
Orlando is warmer than 57 of the other 105 places with their own NOAA record in Florida, and wetter than 30. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 73.0°F is warmer than 97%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Orlando 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 Orlando share this climate record?
12 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.
- Meadow Woods, FL40,741 people · 4 mi S
- Oak Ridge, FL24,395 people · 6 mi NW
- Southchase, FL14,149 people · 5 mi SW
- Pine Castle, FL10,429 people · 3 mi NW
- Wedgefield, FL8,556 people · 15 mi E
- Belle Isle, FL7,741 people · 3 mi NW
- Sky Lake, FL7,728 people · 4 mi NW
- Williamsburg, FL7,400 people · 8 mi W
- Edgewood, FL2,867 people · 4 mi NW
- Lake Mary Jane, FL2,323 people · 10 mi E
- Taft, FL1,867 people · 3 mi W
- Lake Hart, FL425 people · 7 mi SE
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
What do Orlando's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Orlando. This page uses Orlando International Airport; the other differs by site and elevation, and the linked ones have pages of their own:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando Executive Airport USW00012841 | 8 mi N | 108 ft | 73.8°F | 52°F | 92°F | 51.5 | – | January 17 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Orlando's climate
What is the coldest month in Orlando?
January, with a normal high of 72°F and a normal low of 50°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow in Orlando?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Orlando?
June, with 8.05 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 1.79 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Orlando in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Orlando in zone 10a across its 18 ZIP code areas (10a in 32827, the largest). By the same method at Orlando's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 31°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 10a.
How late can frost come in Orlando?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after January 25; in one year in ten it comes after February 26. Waiting until February 26 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Orlando in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Florida climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Orlando Executive Airport, FL7 miles from this station, 73.8°F a year
- Kissimmee, FL12 miles from this station, 72.5°F a year
- Lake Butler, FL14 miles from this station, 72.7°F a year
- Clermont, FL24 miles from this station, 73.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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