Wauchula, Florida climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Wauchula's normal year runs from 48°F January nights to 92°F August afternoons, with 52.0 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 22.4°C, January lows of 9°C, August highs of 33°C, 1,321 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWauchula
- Station IDUSC00089401
- Location27.55°N 81.80°W
- Elevation60 ft (18 m)
- Population4,984
On October 23, the normal high in Wauchula is 84°F and the normal low 63°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 Wauchula.
- Jan 73° 48°
- Feb 76° 50°
- Mar 80° 53°
- Apr 84° 58°
- May 89° 64°
- Jun 91° 70°
- Jul 92° 72°
- Aug 92° 73°
- Sep 90° 72°
- Oct 86° 65°
- Nov 80° 56°
- Dec 75° 51°
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 Wauchula each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 48°F. The most precipitation falls in June (8.46 in), the least in November (1.96 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 73°F | 48°F | 60.2°F | 2.29 | 5 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 30 min |
| February | 76°F | 50°F | 62.9°F | 2.18 | 4 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 80°F | 53°F | 66.2°F | 2.99 | 4 | 1 | <1 | 12 h |
| April | 84°F | 58°F | 71.0°F | 2.92 | 4 | 4 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 89°F | 64°F | 76.3°F | 3.51 | 6 | 14 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| June | 91°F | 70°F | 80.5°F | 8.46 | 13 | 20 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| July | 92°F | 72°F | 81.9°F | 7.69 | 13 | 25 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| August | 92°F | 73°F | 82.3°F | 8.46 | 14 | 26 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| September | 90°F | 72°F | 80.8°F | 6.32 | 11 | 20 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 86°F | 65°F | 75.3°F | 3.09 | 6 | 6 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 80°F | 56°F | 67.8°F | 1.96 | 4 | 1 | <1 | 10 h 50 min |
| December | 75°F | 51°F | 63.0°F | 2.13 | 5 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 84°F | 61°F | 72.4°F | 52.00 | 89 | 117 | 5 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23°C | 9°C | 15.7°C | 58 mm |
| February | 25°C | 10°C | 17.2°C | 55 mm |
| March | 26°C | 12°C | 19.0°C | 76 mm |
| April | 29°C | 14°C | 21.7°C | 74 mm |
| May | 32°C | 18°C | 24.6°C | 89 mm |
| June | 33°C | 21°C | 26.9°C | 215 mm |
| July | 33°C | 22°C | 27.7°C | 195 mm |
| August | 33°C | 23°C | 27.9°C | 215 mm |
| September | 32°C | 22°C | 27.1°C | 161 mm |
| October | 30°C | 18°C | 24.1°C | 78 mm |
| November | 26°C | 13°C | 19.9°C | 50 mm |
| December | 24°C | 11°C | 17.2°C | 54 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00089401; 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 Wauchula?
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 (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 USC00089401.
When is the last frost in Wauchula?
In Wauchula, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after February 4 in half of years and after March 5 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before January 8 in half of years and before December 13 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
- February 41 year in 10 after March 5; 9 in 10 after January 4
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- January 81 year in 10 before December 13; 9 in 10 before February 7
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 332 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 365 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 28 in half of springs and before January 15 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wauchula in zone 9b in ZIP code 33873, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Wauchula's NOAA station is in zone 9b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 29°F (27 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 USC00089401; 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 in Wauchula?
In a normal year in Wauchula, 117 days a year reach 90°F, 5 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 89 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 117a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 5a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 89a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1933) is 104°F, on May 31, 1945; the lowest is 20°F, on January 12, 1982.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1947, with 82.10 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00089401; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00089401. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Wauchula?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Wauchula, 5.0 kWh per square metre a day. April is the sunniest month (85%) and June the cloudiest (76%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 81% | 3.6 |
| February | 81% | 4.3 |
| March | 83% | 5.4 |
| April | 85% | 6.2 |
| May | 84% | 6.5 |
| June | 76% | 5.9 |
| July | 77% | 5.8 |
| August | 77% | 5.5 |
| September | 79% | 5.1 |
| October | 84% | 4.6 |
| November | 83% | 3.8 |
| December | 80% | 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 much heating and cooling does Wauchula need?
A normal year in Wauchula brings 598 heating degree days, 89% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,300 cooling degree days, 3.6 times the median (908). No month reaches 300 heating degree days. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 8,218 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 194 | 45 |
| February | 122 | 63 |
| March | 72 | 111 |
| April | 15 | 194 |
| May | 1 | 351 |
| June | 0 | 465 |
| July | 0 | 526 |
| August | 0 | 538 |
| September | 0 | 474 |
| October | 6 | 326 |
| November | 48 | 131 |
| December | 139 | 77 |
| Year (annual) | 598 | 3,300 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00089401. 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 Wauchula been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 73.3°F, 0.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 72.4°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 73.1°F | +0.7°F | 49.27 |
| 2022 | 73.3°F | +0.9°F | 64.59 |
| 2024 | 74.0°F | +1.6°F | 55.74 |
| 2025 | 73.3°F | +0.9°F | 43.04 |
Over 63 complete years from 1933 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.0°F per century (+0.17°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00089401; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Wauchula's climate compare?
Wauchula is warmer than 50 of the other 105 places with their own NOAA record in Florida, and wetter than 36. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 72.4°F is warmer than 97%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Wauchula 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 Wauchula share this climate record?
5 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.
- Bowling Green, FL2,456 people · 6 mi N
- Zolfo Springs, FL1,761 people · 4 mi S
- Fort Green Springs, FL742 people · 9 mi W
- Fort Green, FL110 people · 10 mi NW
- Ona, FL34 people · 8 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 Wauchula's climate
What is the coldest month in Wauchula?
January, with a normal high of 73°F and a normal low of 48°F. The warmest is August (92°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow in Wauchula?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Wauchula?
June, with 8.46 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 1.96 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Wauchula in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Wauchula in zone 9b in ZIP code 33873, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Wauchula's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 29°F (27 years, 1991-2020): zone 9b.
How late can frost come in Wauchula?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after February 4; in one year in ten it comes after March 5. Waiting until March 5 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Florida climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Avon Park, FL17 miles from this station, 73.4°F a year
- Fort Green (12 mi WSW), FL21 miles from this station, 71.9°F a year
- Arcadia, FL23 miles from this station, 72.2°F a year
- Bartow, FL24 miles from this station, 73.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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