  We study the finite temperature Casimir interaction between a cylinder and a
plate using the exact formula derived from the Matsubara representation and the
functional determinant representation. We consider the scalar field with
Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions. The asymptotic expansions of the
Casimir energy and the Casimir force when the separation $a$ between the
cylinder and the plate is small are derived. As in the zero temperature case,
it is found that the leading terms of the Casimir energy and the Casimir force
agree with those derived from the proximity force approximation when $rT\gg 1$,
where $r$ is the radius of the cylinder. When $aT\ll 1\ll rT$ (the medium
temperature region), the leading term of the Casimir energy is of order
$T^{5/2}$ whereas for the Casimir force, it is of order $T^{7/2}$. In this
case, the leading terms are independent of the separation $a$. When $1\ll aT\ll
rT$ (the high temperature region), the dominating terms of the Casimir energy
and the Casimir force come from the zeroth Matsubara frequency. In this case,
the leading terms are linear in $T$, but for the energy, it is inversely
proportional to $a^{3/2}$, whereas for the force, it is inversely proportional
to $a^{5/2}$. The first order corrections to the proximity force approximations
in different temperature regions are computed using perturbation approach. In
the zero temperature case, the results agree with those derived in [Bordag,
Phys. Rev. D \textbf{73}, 125018 (2006)].
