Usher Tower, Florida climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Usher Tower's normal year runs from 44°F January nights to 89°F August afternoons, with 57.1 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 20.7°C, January lows of 7°C, August highs of 32°C, 1,450 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationUsher Tower
- Station IDUSC00089120
- Location29.41°N 82.82°W
- Elevation33 ft (10 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Usher Tower is 80°F and the normal low 59°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 18%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Usher Tower.
- Jan 66° 44°
- Feb 70° 47°
- Mar 75° 51°
- Apr 80° 57°
- May 86° 63°
- Jun 89° 70°
- Jul 89° 72°
- Aug 89° 73°
- Sep 87° 70°
- Oct 81° 62°
- Nov 74° 52°
- Dec 68° 47°
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 Usher Tower each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 89°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 44°F. The most precipitation falls in August (9.87 in), the least in November (2.22 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66°F | 44°F | 55.3°F | 3.61 | 7 | <1 | 6 | 10 h 30 min |
| February | 70°F | 47°F | 58.5°F | 3.25 | 7 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 75°F | 51°F | 63.0°F | 3.81 | 7 | <1 | 1 | 12 h |
| April | 80°F | 57°F | 68.4°F | 2.97 | 5 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 86°F | 63°F | 74.5°F | 2.78 | 6 | 9 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 89°F | 70°F | 79.3°F | 8.03 | 13 | 18 | <1 | 14 h |
| July | 89°F | 72°F | 80.7°F | 8.32 | 16 | 22 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| August | 89°F | 73°F | 80.8°F | 9.87 | 16 | 20 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| September | 87°F | 70°F | 78.5°F | 5.82 | 10 | 11 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 81°F | 62°F | 71.5°F | 3.17 | 6 | 1 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 74°F | 52°F | 62.7°F | 2.22 | 5 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 68°F | 47°F | 57.4°F | 3.25 | 6 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 80°F | 59°F | 69.2°F | 57.10 | 105 | 82 | 15 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19°C | 7°C | 12.9°C | 92 mm |
| February | 21°C | 8°C | 14.7°C | 83 mm |
| March | 24°C | 11°C | 17.2°C | 97 mm |
| April | 27°C | 14°C | 20.2°C | 75 mm |
| May | 30°C | 17°C | 23.6°C | 71 mm |
| June | 32°C | 21°C | 26.3°C | 204 mm |
| July | 32°C | 22°C | 27.1°C | 211 mm |
| August | 32°C | 23°C | 27.1°C | 251 mm |
| September | 31°C | 21°C | 25.8°C | 148 mm |
| October | 27°C | 17°C | 21.9°C | 81 mm |
| November | 23°C | 11°C | 17.1°C | 56 mm |
| December | 20°C | 8°C | 14.1°C | 83 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00089120; 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 Usher Tower?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in January, February, March, April, October, November and December. Of those, April 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 USC00089120.
When is the last frost at Usher Tower?
In Usher Tower, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after February 28 in half of years and after March 22 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before December 2 in half of years and before November 12 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 281 year in 10 after March 22; 9 in 10 after January 31
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- December 21 year in 10 before November 12; 9 in 10 before January 4
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 279 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 318 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 6 in half of springs and before December 27 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Usher Tower in zone 9a in ZIP code 32626, 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 9a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 22°F (24 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 USC00089120; 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 Usher Tower?
In a normal year in Usher Tower, 82 days a year reach 90°F, 15 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 105 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 82a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 15a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 105a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1956) is 105°F, on June 3, 1989; the lowest is 9°F, on January 22, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1964, with 99.47 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00089120; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00089120. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Usher Tower?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Usher Tower, 4.9 kWh per square metre a day. May is the sunniest month (84%) and July the cloudiest (75%).
| 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 many heating and cooling degree days does Usher Tower record?
A normal year at Usher Tower brings 1,097 heating degree days, 80% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,656 cooling degree days, 2.9 times the median (908). One month needs 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 7,155 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 317 | 15 |
| February | 208 | 24 |
| March | 124 | 60 |
| April | 34 | 137 |
| May | 2 | 297 |
| June | 0 | 429 |
| July | 0 | 487 |
| August | 0 | 488 |
| September | 0 | 407 |
| October | 22 | 225 |
| November | 131 | 62 |
| December | 259 | 25 |
| Year (annual) | 1,097 | 2,656 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00089120. 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.
Have recent years at Usher Tower been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 69.4°F, 0.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 69.2°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 70.6°F | +1.4°F | 53.19 |
| 2022 | 70.4°F | +1.2°F | 45.90 |
| 2023 | 71.2°F | +2.0°F | 50.43 |
| 2024 | 70.7°F | +1.5°F | 51.70 |
| 2025 | 69.4°F | +0.2°F | 54.48 |
Over 45 complete years from 1959 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.9°F per century (+0.22°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00089120; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Usher Tower's climate compare?
Usher Tower is warmer than 22 of the 106 places with their own NOAA record in Florida, and wetter than 74. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 69.2°F is warmer than 94%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Usher Tower 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 Usher Tower share this climate record?
13 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.
- Williston, FL3,433 people · 23 mi E
- Rainbow Lakes Estates, FL3,376 people · 25 mi SE
- Williston Highlands, FL3,213 people · 18 mi E
- Chiefland, FL2,444 people · 6 mi NW
- East Bronson, FL2,303 people · 14 mi E
- Trenton, FL2,267 people · 14 mi N
- Manatee Road, FL2,252 people · 10 mi NW
- Bronson, FL1,263 people · 11 mi E
- Archer, FL1,176 people · 18 mi NE
- Andrews, FL737 people · 11 mi NW
- Cedar Key, FL736 people · 22 mi SW
- Yankeetown, FL633 people · 26 mi S
- Otter Creek, FL114 people · 6 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.
Questions about Usher Tower's climate
What is the coldest month at Usher Tower?
January, with a normal high of 66°F and a normal low of 44°F. The warmest is August (89°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow at Usher Tower?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month at Usher Tower?
August, with 9.87 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 2.22 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Usher Tower in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Usher Tower in zone 9a in ZIP code 32626, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 22°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 9a.
How late can frost come at Usher Tower?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after February 28; in one year in ten it comes after March 22. Waiting until March 22 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Florida climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Cross City, FL23 miles from this station, 68.9°F a year
- Bell, FL27 miles from this station, 67.7°F a year
- High Springs, FL32 miles from this station, 68.3°F a year
- Gainesville, FL38 miles from this station, 69.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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