Spring Weather in Ocala Florida, United States

Daily high temperatures increase by 15°F, from 74°F to 89°F, rarely falling below 63°F or exceeding 94°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 17°F, from 51°F to 68°F, rarely falling below 37°F or exceeding 72°F.

For reference, on July 16, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Ocala typically range from 72°F to 90°F, while on January 14, the coldest day of the year, they range from 45°F to 68°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average spring temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Ta’if, Saudi Arabia (7,271 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Ocala (view comparison).

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The spring in Ocala experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 40% to 47%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 35% on April 30.

The clearest day of the spring is April 30, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 65% of the time.

For reference, on July 10, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 65%, while on April 30, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 65%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Ocala, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 25% and ending it at 43%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 71% on August 11, and its lowest chance is 16% on November 21.

Rainfall

To show variation within the season and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during the spring in Ocala is increasing, starting the season at 3.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.9 inches or falls below 0.9 inches, and ending the season at 4.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 6.9 inches or falls below 1.8 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 2.1 inches on April 29.

Over the course of the spring in Ocala, the length of the day is very rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 2 hours, 18 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 31 seconds, and weekly increase of 10 minutes, 37 seconds.

The shortest day of the spring is March 1, with 11 hours, 35 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 13 hours, 53 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the spring in Ocala is 7:43 AM on March 10 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 13 minutes earlier at 6:29 AM on May 31.

The earliest sunset is 6:28 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 55 minutes later at 8:23 PM on May 31.

Daylight saving time (DST) starts at 3:00 AM on March 10, 2024, shifting sunrise and sunset to be an hour later.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:29 AM and sets 14 hours, 1 minute later, at 8:30 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:18 AM and sets 10 hours, 17 minutes later, at 5:35 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for the spring of 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Ocala is very rapidly increasing during the spring, rising from 4% to 65% over the course of the season.

For reference, on August 3, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 99% of the time, while on January 24, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 2% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Ocala is decreasing during the spring, decreasing from 7.8 miles per hour to 6.5 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on March 9, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.0 miles per hour, while on July 22, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.1 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the spring is 8.0 miles per hour on March 9.

The wind direction in Ocala during the spring is predominantly out of the west from March 1 to March 29 and from April 9 to April 15 and the east from March 29 to April 9 and from April 15 to May 31.

Ocala is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Ocala is very rapidly increasing during the spring, rising by 17°F, from 64°F to 81°F, over the course of the season.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season in Ocala typically lasts for 9.9 months (301 days), from around February 16 to around December 13, rarely starting before January 23 or after March 13, and rarely ending before November 16 or after January 6.

The spring in Ocala is very likely fully within the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season rapidly increasing from 76% to 100% over the course of the season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Ocala are very rapidly increasing during the spring, increasing by 1,754°F, from 558°F to 2,311°F, over the course of the season.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Ocala is increasing during the spring, rising by 1.2 kWh, from 5.0 kWh to 6.2 kWh, over the course of the season.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the spring is 6.8 kWh on April 30.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Ocala are 29.187 deg latitude, -82.140 deg longitude, and 69 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Ocala contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 112 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 83 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (154 feet). Within 50 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (305 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Ocala is covered by artificial surfaces (90%), within 10 miles by cropland (57%) and artificial surfaces (21%), and within 50 miles by trees (32%) and herbaceous vegetation (25%).