Arcadia, FL Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Arcadia's primary NOAA station, ARCADIA.
The climate verdict for Arcadia
Warm-season cooling demand defines Arcadia, Florida, running at more than twice its heating total. The NOAA normal records an annual average of 72°F. It scores 88/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 89% of them.
- 72°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 88/100
- comfort score, above 89% of station-mapped location scores
- 53.9"
- yearly precipitation total
Arcadia: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00080228 · Arcadia, FL 72°F mean · 53.9" precip
TEMP-HOT · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-NARROW · COMF-TOP · LOAD-COOL · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-HOT 72°F
- RANK-WARM #6,655
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Brooksville Chi…
- PRCP-WET 53.9"
- SWING-NARROW 21°F
- COMF-TOP 88/100
- LOAD-COOL 3,217 CDD
- STN-1 USC00080228
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Brooksville Chin Hill, FL ( -0.1 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every FL station list.
- Arcadia (this station) 72°F
- Cold Fort Green, FL 72°F
- Hot Wauchula, FL 72°F
- Near Brooksville Chi…, FL 72°F
- Near New Smyrna Bch…, FL 72°F
Arcadia sits in Florida, the #1 hottest U.S. state at 72.6°F statewide annual average - see all 50 hottest states ranked by NOAA normals
Climate Living Index · Arcadia
Arcadia: 69/100 · grade C
Arcadia publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Arcadia, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 88/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 0.0 inches/year | 90/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 72.2°F · 4.7° from 67.5°F | 86/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 117 calendar days | 66/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 53.9 in · 18.9 from 35 in | 32/100 · F |
Arcadia · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Arcadia is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 60.3°F and warmest-month mean 81.6°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 81.6°F
- Coldest month
- 60.3°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · cooling-led station
Where Arcadia sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Arcadia's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 3% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Arcadia sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 12% wettest
- Arcadia's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 96%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Arcadia is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Arcadia compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Arcadia's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
88 Top 11% score exceeds 89% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Arcadia's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 70 complete annual observations from 1901 to 2020, ARCADIA warmed at a fitted rate of 0.10°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Arcadia primary station fitted change +0.10 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 74°F (23°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 2.3" | 0.0" | 2.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 76°F (24°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 2.0" | 0.0" | 1.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 80°F (27°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 2.4" | 0.0" | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| April | 84°F (29°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 2.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.7 |
| May | 89°F (32°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 76°F (25°C) | 3.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 15.7 |
| June | 91°F (33°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 9.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 20.3 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 8.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 23.9 |
| August | 92°F (33°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 8.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 24.4 |
| September | 90°F (32°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 7.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 19.7 |
| October | 86°F (30°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 2.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 6.1 |
| November | 80°F (26°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 1.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| December | 75°F (24°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 1.8" | 0.0" | 0.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Arcadia runs from a mild 47°F around January 13 to 92°F at the peak near July 28, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 23 through September 16, covering 117 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs January 1 to December 31.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 47°F around January 13.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is August 3, when 52% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is November 10 at 15%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 100 wet dates a year.
The widest day
March 15 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 27°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Arcadia.
Where Arcadia Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 117 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 54 inches.
Arcadia earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
5.3 days with precipitation
4.8 days with precipitation
4.9 days with precipitation
5.1 days with precipitation
6.4 days with precipitation
14.1 days with precipitation
15.2 days with precipitation
15.9 days with precipitation
12.6 days with precipitation
6.3 days with precipitation
4.4 days with precipitation
5.1 days with precipitation
Arcadia runs a summer-peaked wet season
49% of Arcadia's yearly precipitation falls in June, July and August alone, against the 25% an evenly spread year would give those three months. The wettest month is June at 9.6", on an unusually narrow 21.3°F seasonal spread. Warm-season convection and, across the Southwest, the North American monsoon produce this shape: rain arrives in short heavy bursts during the hottest part of the year rather than as long cool-season soaking.
- Wettest three months: June, August, July, taking 49% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: December at 1.8".
- Winter share: 11% falls in December, January and February.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A summer-peaked label means the June-August share reaches 35%; it describes timing across an average year, not any single season, and says nothing about how heavy an individual storm can be.
When it rains in Arcadia, it arrives in quantity
53.9" of precipitation falls across only about 100 wet days here, averaging 0.54 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 100 a year, 27% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.54 inches
- Most wet days
- August, about 16
- Fewest wet days
- November, about 4
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Arcadia's record shows no measurable snowfall
This station measured snowfall across the 1991-2020 period and recorded none: the annual normal is 0.0 inches. That is a measured zero rather than missing data, which is a meaningful distinction here , most stations in the database simply do not report snow at all, and those pages say nothing about it.
A thirty-year normal of zero describes the typical year at this station. It is not a claim that snow has never fallen in the area.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
January 4
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
February 7
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
581
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
3,217
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside FL closest to Arcadia on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (72°F here).
- Falfurrias, TX 72°F · 0.0°F off
- Charlotte, TX 72°F · 0.1°F off
- Picacho, AZ 72°F · 0.1°F off
- Benavides, TX 72°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (53.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Russellville, KY 53.9" · 0.0" off
- Winslow, AR 53.9" · 0.0" off
- Boothville, LA 53.9" · 0.0" off
- Scottsville, KY 54.0" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Arcadia's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · wet · low swing
Warm-season load persists through a relatively even calendar in Arcadia. Cooling totals 3,217 degree days, more than double the 581 heating measure, and the 21.3°F seasonal range is compact rather than sharply divided.
Warm-season demand is paired with a wet annual normal: 53.9 inches of precipitation at Arcadia. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. The month-by-month bars distinguish a concentrated wet season from moisture spread across the calendar.
Arcadia's 21.3°F seasonal spread is compact even though precipitation is abundant. August and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 72°F. Temperature is relatively steady; the monthly rows show how rain and snow observations vary across the calendar.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for Arcadia. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Arcadia's primary station, so the summer figures are a thirty-year average rather than a ceiling: individual years have run hotter and will again. For Arcadia that means a descriptive range only — not an official NOAA classification and not a prediction for next summer.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Arcadia's primary station: ARCADIA (USC00080228). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 1201750). Match rule for Arcadia: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Arcadia comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.