Plant City, Florida climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Plant City's normal year runs from 50°F January nights to 94°F July afternoons, with 56.1 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 23.5°C, January lows of 10°C, July highs of 34°C, 1,425 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPlant City
- Station IDUSC00087205
- Location28.02°N 82.14°W
- Elevation110 ft (34 m)
- From the center1 miles
- Population43,046
On October 23, the normal high in Plant City is 86°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 Plant City.
- Jan 75° 50°
- Feb 78° 53°
- Mar 81° 56°
- Apr 86° 61°
- May 91° 67°
- Jun 93° 72°
- Jul 94° 73°
- Aug 94° 74°
- Sep 92° 72°
- Oct 87° 66°
- Nov 81° 58°
- 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 in Plant City each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 94°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 50°F. The most precipitation falls in June (9.71 in), the least in November (1.76 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 | 75°F | 50°F | 62.4°F | 3.00 | 8 | <1 | 2 | 10 h 30 min |
| February | 78°F | 53°F | 65.3°F | 2.33 | 8 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 81°F | 56°F | 68.7°F | 2.78 | 6 | 1 | <1 | 12 h |
| April | 86°F | 61°F | 73.5°F | 2.88 | 6 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 91°F | 67°F | 78.7°F | 4.04 | 8 | 14 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| June | 93°F | 72°F | 82.4°F | 9.71 | 15 | 21 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| July | 94°F | 73°F | 83.6°F | 8.65 | 18 | 25 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| August | 94°F | 74°F | 83.6°F | 8.85 | 18 | 24 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| September | 92°F | 72°F | 82.2°F | 6.99 | 15 | 18 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 87°F | 66°F | 76.7°F | 2.58 | 8 | 5 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 81°F | 58°F | 69.4°F | 1.76 | 6 | <1 | <1 | 10 h 50 min |
| December | 77°F | 53°F | 65.0°F | 2.54 | 8 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 86°F | 63°F | 74.3°F | 56.11 | 122 | 111 | 3 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24°C | 10°C | 16.9°C | 76 mm |
| February | 25°C | 12°C | 18.5°C | 59 mm |
| March | 27°C | 13°C | 20.4°C | 71 mm |
| April | 30°C | 16°C | 23.1°C | 73 mm |
| May | 33°C | 19°C | 25.9°C | 103 mm |
| June | 34°C | 22°C | 28.0°C | 247 mm |
| July | 34°C | 23°C | 28.7°C | 220 mm |
| August | 34°C | 23°C | 28.7°C | 225 mm |
| September | 33°C | 22°C | 27.9°C | 178 mm |
| October | 31°C | 19°C | 24.8°C | 66 mm |
| November | 27°C | 14°C | 20.8°C | 45 mm |
| December | 25°C | 12°C | 18.3°C | 65 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00087205; 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 Plant City?
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 (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 USC00087205.
When is the last frost in Plant City?
In Plant City, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after January 30 in half of years and after March 2 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before January 6 in half of years and before December 8 in one year in ten. A night at 32°F or colder comes at all in 81% of years here (NOAA).
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- January 301 year in 10 after March 2; 9 in 10 after December 31
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- January 61 year in 10 before December 8; 9 in 10 before February 5
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 335 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 365 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 20 in half of springs and before January 11 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Plant City in zone 9b across its 2 ZIP code areas (9b in 33563, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Plant City's NOAA station is in zone 9b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 28°F (26 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 USC00087205; 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 Plant City ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Plant City's 2 ZIP code areas are all in zone 9b. 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 Plant City?
In a normal year in Plant City, 111 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 3 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 122 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 111a 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
- 122a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1892) is 104°F, on June 17, 1911; the lowest is 15°F, on January 27, 1905.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1959, with 86.68 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00087205; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00087205. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Plant City?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Plant City, 5.0 kWh per square metre a day. May is the sunniest month (86%) and July the cloudiest (76%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 79% | 3.4 |
| February | 78% | 4.1 |
| March | 82% | 5.3 |
| April | 85% | 6.3 |
| May | 86% | 6.7 |
| June | 79% | 6.0 |
| July | 76% | 5.7 |
| August | 77% | 5.5 |
| September | 80% | 5.1 |
| October | 84% | 4.6 |
| November | 83% | 3.7 |
| 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 Plant City need?
A normal year in Plant City brings 436 heating degree days, 92% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,848 cooling degree days, 4.2 times the median (908). No month reaches 300 heating degree days. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 8,907 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 150 | 70 |
| February | 86 | 95 |
| March | 47 | 160 |
| April | 8 | 265 |
| May | 0 | 425 |
| June | 0 | 522 |
| July | 0 | 577 |
| August | 0 | 577 |
| September | 0 | 517 |
| October | 4 | 367 |
| November | 36 | 168 |
| December | 104 | 106 |
| Year (annual) | 436 | 3,848 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00087205. 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 Plant City been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 75.5°F, 1.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 74.3°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 75.8°F | +1.5°F | 47.66 |
| 2022 | 75.7°F | +1.4°F | 61.28 |
| 2023 | 76.8°F | +2.5°F | 51.50 |
| 2024 | 76.1°F | +1.8°F | 70.06 |
| 2025 | 75.5°F | +1.2°F | 47.60 |
Over 80 complete years from 1893 to 2016, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.3°F per century (+0.13°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00087205; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Plant City's climate compare?
Plant City is warmer than 76 of the other 105 places with their own NOAA record in Florida, and wetter than 70. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 74.3°F is warmer than 98%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Plant City 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 Plant City share this climate record?
9 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.
- Brandon, FLalso near: Tampa (15 mi, 74.5°F a year); Ruskin (17 mi, 73.1°F a year)116,365 people · 11 mi SW
- Valrico, FL38,820 people · 9 mi SW
- Fish Hawk, FL25,945 people · 13 mi S
- Bloomingdale, FL23,979 people · 12 mi SW
- Thonotosassa, FL14,660 people · 10 mi W
- Mango, FL13,037 people · 11 mi W
- Seffner, FL8,498 people · 8 mi W
- Dover, FL3,157 people · 6 mi SW
- Crystal Springs, FL1,362 people · 11 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 Plant City's climate
What is the coldest month in Plant City?
January, with a normal high of 75°F and a normal low of 50°F. The warmest is July (94°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow in Plant City?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Plant City?
June, with 9.71 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 1.76 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Plant City in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Plant City in zone 9b across its 2 ZIP code areas (9b in 33563, the largest). By the same method at Plant City's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 28°F (26 years, 1991-2020): zone 9b.
How late can frost come in Plant City?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after January 30; in one year in ten it comes after March 2. Waiting until March 2 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Plant City in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Florida climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Lakeland, FL8 miles from this station, 73.9°F a year
- Bartow, FL21 miles from this station, 73.1°F a year
- St. Leo, FL23 miles from this station, 71.9°F a year
- Winter Haven, FL24 miles from this station, 74.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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