Parrish, Florida climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Parrish's normal year runs from 50°F January nights to 90°F August afternoons, with 54.4 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 22.7°C, January lows of 10°C, August highs of 32°C, 1,383 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationParrish
- Station IDUSC00086880
- Location27.61°N 82.35°W
- Elevation60 ft (18 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Parrish is 83°F and the normal low 65°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 17%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Parrish.
- Jan 72° 50°
- Feb 74° 53°
- Mar 77° 56°
- Apr 82° 62°
- May 87° 67°
- Jun 89° 73°
- Jul 90° 74°
- Aug 90° 75°
- Sep 88° 73°
- Oct 84° 67°
- Nov 78° 59°
- Dec 74° 54°
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 Parrish each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 50°F. The most precipitation falls in August (8.99 in), the least in November (1.69 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 72°F | 50°F | 61.1°F | 3.04 | 6 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 30 min |
| February | 74°F | 53°F | 63.4°F | 2.14 | 5 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 77°F | 56°F | 66.9°F | 2.77 | 6 | <1 | <1 | 12 h |
| April | 82°F | 62°F | 71.8°F | 3.16 | 5 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 87°F | 67°F | 76.9°F | 3.05 | 5 | 8 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| June | 89°F | 73°F | 80.9°F | 8.33 | 13 | 17 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| July | 90°F | 74°F | 82.1°F | 7.92 | 16 | 20 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| August | 90°F | 75°F | 82.3°F | 8.99 | 16 | 22 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| September | 88°F | 73°F | 80.9°F | 8.34 | 13 | 16 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 84°F | 67°F | 75.6°F | 2.61 | 6 | 2 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 78°F | 59°F | 68.4°F | 1.69 | 4 | <1 | <1 | 10 h 50 min |
| December | 74°F | 54°F | 63.8°F | 2.39 | 6 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 82°F | 64°F | 72.8°F | 54.43 | 100 | 85 | 3 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22°C | 10°C | 16.2°C | 77 mm |
| February | 24°C | 11°C | 17.4°C | 54 mm |
| March | 25°C | 14°C | 19.4°C | 70 mm |
| April | 28°C | 17°C | 22.1°C | 80 mm |
| May | 30°C | 20°C | 24.9°C | 77 mm |
| June | 32°C | 23°C | 27.2°C | 212 mm |
| July | 32°C | 23°C | 27.8°C | 201 mm |
| August | 32°C | 24°C | 27.9°C | 228 mm |
| September | 31°C | 23°C | 27.2°C | 212 mm |
| October | 29°C | 19°C | 24.2°C | 66 mm |
| November | 26°C | 15°C | 20.2°C | 43 mm |
| December | 23°C | 12°C | 17.7°C | 61 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00086880; 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 Parrish?
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 (4).
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 USC00086880.
When is the last frost at Parrish?
In Parrish, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after January 28 in half of years and after February 24 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before January 9 in half of years and before December 18 in one year in ten. A night at 32°F or colder comes at all in 59% of years here (NOAA).
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- January 281 year in 10 after February 24; 9 in 10 after December 31
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- January 91 year in 10 before December 18; 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 17 in half of springs and before January 14 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Parrish in zone 9b in ZIP code 34219, 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 10a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 31°F (16 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 USC00086880; 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 Parrish?
In a normal year in Parrish, 85 days a year reach 90°F, 3 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 100 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 85a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 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
- 100a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1957) is 101°F, on June 6, 1985; the lowest is 18°F, on January 13, 1981.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1969, with 70.50 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00086880; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00086880. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Parrish?
Over a year 83% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Parrish, 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 Parrish record?
A normal year at Parrish brings 513 heating degree days, 90% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,389 cooling degree days, 3.7 times the median (908). No month reaches 300 heating degree days. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 8,375 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 171 | 50 |
| February | 107 | 64 |
| March | 59 | 118 |
| April | 14 | 218 |
| May | 1 | 370 |
| June | 0 | 477 |
| July | 0 | 530 |
| August | 0 | 535 |
| September | 0 | 477 |
| October | 5 | 333 |
| November | 40 | 140 |
| December | 117 | 78 |
| Year (annual) | 513 | 3,389 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00086880. 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 Parrish's climate compare?
Parrish is warmer than 55 of the 106 places with their own NOAA record in Florida, and wetter than 61. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 72.8°F is warmer than 97%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Parrish 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 Parrish share this climate record?
Wimauma has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Wimauma, FL13,003 people · 5 mi NE
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 Parrish's climate
What is the coldest month at Parrish?
January, with a normal high of 72°F and a normal low of 50°F. The warmest is August (90°F by day, 75°F at night).
Does it snow at Parrish?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month at Parrish?
August, with 8.99 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 1.69 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Parrish in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Parrish in zone 9b in ZIP code 34219, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 31°F (16 years, 1991-2020): zone 10a.
How late can frost come at Parrish?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after January 28; in one year in ten it comes after February 24. Waiting until February 24 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Florida climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Ruskin, FL7 miles from this station, 73.1°F a year
- Fort Green (12 mi WSW), FL13 miles from this station, 71.9°F a year
- Bradenton, FL15 miles from this station, 74.1°F a year
- Sarasota, FL19 miles from this station, 74.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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