diff --git a/metpy/plots/_mpl.py b/metpy/plots/_mpl.py
index 025a64b107c..6640e2c7f9f 100644
--- a/metpy/plots/_mpl.py
+++ b/metpy/plots/_mpl.py
@@ -273,7 +273,9 @@ def get_datalim(self, transData):  # noqa: N803
 
             """
             full_transform = self.get_transform() - transData
-            XY = full_transform.transform(np.vstack((self.x, self.y)).T)  # noqa: N806
+            posx = self.convert_xunits(self.x)
+            posy = self.convert_yunits(self.y)
+            XY = full_transform.transform(np.vstack((posx, posy)).T)  # noqa: N806
             bbox = transforms.Bbox.null()
             bbox.update_from_data_xy(XY, ignore=True)
             return bbox
diff --git a/metpy/plots/tests/baseline/test_symbol_pandas_timeseries.png b/metpy/plots/tests/baseline/test_symbol_pandas_timeseries.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f6cba4a1c62
Binary files /dev/null and b/metpy/plots/tests/baseline/test_symbol_pandas_timeseries.png differ
diff --git a/metpy/plots/tests/test_station_plot.py b/metpy/plots/tests/test_station_plot.py
index 7193935d104..3de38536d3d 100644
--- a/metpy/plots/tests/test_station_plot.py
+++ b/metpy/plots/tests/test_station_plot.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import matplotlib
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import numpy as np
+import pandas as pd
 import pytest
 
 from metpy.plots import (current_weather, high_clouds, nws_layout, simple_layout,
@@ -341,3 +342,20 @@ def test_barb_unit_conversion_exception(u, v):
     stnplot = StationPlot(ax, x_pos, y_pos)
     with pytest.raises(ValueError):
         stnplot.plot_barb(u, v, plot_units='knots')
+
+
+@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(tolerance=0, savefig_kwargs={'dpi': 300}, remove_text=True)
+def test_symbol_pandas_timeseries():
+    """Test the usage of Pandas DatetimeIndex as a valid `x` input into StationPlot."""
+    pd.plotting.register_matplotlib_converters()
+    rng = pd.date_range('12/1/2017', periods=5, freq='D')
+    sc = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+    ts = pd.Series(sc, index=rng)
+    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+    y = np.ones(len(ts.index))
+    stationplot = StationPlot(ax, ts.index, y, fontsize=12)
+    stationplot.plot_symbol('C', ts, sky_cover)
+    ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(matplotlib.dates.DayLocator())
+    ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(matplotlib.dates.DateFormatter('%-d'))
+
+    return fig