Cape Florida, Florida climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Cape Florida's normal year runs from 63°F January nights to 91°F August afternoons, with 55.3 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 25.9°C, January lows of 17°C, August highs of 33°C, 1,405 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCape Florida
- Station IDUSC00081306
- Location25.67°N 80.16°W
- Elevation6 ft (2 m)
On October 24, the normal high in Cape Florida is 86°F and the normal low 75°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 37%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Cape Florida.
- Jan 78° 63°
- Feb 79° 65°
- Mar 81° 67°
- Apr 84° 72°
- May 87° 75°
- Jun 90° 78°
- Jul 91° 79°
- Aug 91° 79°
- Sep 90° 79°
- Oct 87° 76°
- Nov 83° 71°
- Dec 80° 66°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Cape Florida each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 63°F. The most precipitation falls in September (7.54 in), the least in February (2.00 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 78°F | 63°F | 70.1°F | 2.44 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 10 h 40 min |
| February | 79°F | 65°F | 71.8°F | 2.00 | 7 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| March | 81°F | 67°F | 74.0°F | 2.37 | 6 | <1 | <1 | 12 h |
| April | 84°F | 72°F | 77.6°F | 3.17 | 6 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 40 min |
| May | 87°F | 75°F | 80.7°F | 5.67 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| June | 90°F | 78°F | 83.8°F | 7.37 | 15 | 7 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| July | 91°F | 79°F | 84.9°F | 5.64 | 15 | 14 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| August | 91°F | 79°F | 85.4°F | 7.05 | 16 | 18 | <1 | 13 h |
| September | 90°F | 79°F | 84.5°F | 7.54 | 15 | 11 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 87°F | 76°F | 81.6°F | 6.33 | 13 | 3 | <1 | 11 h 40 min |
| November | 83°F | 71°F | 76.7°F | 3.51 | 9 | <1 | <1 | 10 h 50 min |
| December | 80°F | 66°F | 72.9°F | 2.24 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 10 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 85°F | 72°F | 78.7°F | 55.33 | 127 | 55 | <1 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25°C | 17°C | 21.2°C | 62 mm |
| February | 26°C | 18°C | 22.1°C | 51 mm |
| March | 27°C | 19°C | 23.3°C | 60 mm |
| April | 29°C | 22°C | 25.3°C | 81 mm |
| May | 30°C | 24°C | 27.1°C | 144 mm |
| June | 32°C | 26°C | 28.8°C | 187 mm |
| July | 33°C | 26°C | 29.4°C | 143 mm |
| August | 33°C | 26°C | 29.7°C | 179 mm |
| September | 32°C | 26°C | 29.2°C | 192 mm |
| October | 31°C | 24°C | 27.6°C | 161 mm |
| November | 28°C | 22°C | 24.8°C | 89 mm |
| December | 27°C | 19°C | 22.7°C | 57 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00081306; 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.
Which months are mildest at Cape Florida?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in January, February, March, April, November and December. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (6).
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 USC00081306.
How hot and how cold does it get at Cape Florida?
In a normal year in Cape Florida, 55 days a year reach 90°F, nights almost never fall to freezing and 127 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 55a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 127a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1999) is 96°F, on April 27, 2015; the lowest is 35°F, on January 10, 2010.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2022, with 66.76 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00081306; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00081306. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Cape Florida?
Over a year 80% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Cape Florida, 5.0 kWh per square metre a day. April is the sunniest month (85%) and June the cloudiest (75%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 80% | 3.7 |
| February | 81% | 4.5 |
| March | 84% | 5.5 |
| April | 85% | 6.2 |
| May | 82% | 6.3 |
| June | 75% | 5.7 |
| July | 79% | 5.9 |
| August | 79% | 5.6 |
| September | 77% | 5.0 |
| October | 80% | 4.5 |
| November | 81% | 3.9 |
| December | 81% | 3.5 |
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 many heating and cooling degree days does Cape Florida record?
A normal year at Cape Florida brings 86 heating degree days, 98% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 5,092 cooling degree days, 5.6 times the median (908). No month reaches 300 heating degree days. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 10,482 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 37 | 197 |
| February | 19 | 211 |
| March | 7 | 286 |
| April | 1 | 380 |
| May | 0 | 487 |
| June | 0 | 564 |
| July | 0 | 617 |
| August | 0 | 632 |
| September | 0 | 585 |
| October | 0 | 516 |
| November | 2 | 353 |
| December | 21 | 264 |
| Year (annual) | 86 | 5,092 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00081306. 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.
Have recent years at Cape Florida been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 78.6°F, 0.1°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 78.7°F. 3 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 79.1°F | +0.4°F | 56.77 |
| 2022 | 79.8°F | +1.1°F | 66.76 |
| 2023 | 79.5°F | +0.8°F | 65.86 |
| 2024 | 78.5°F | −0.2°F | 60.76 |
| 2025 | 78.6°F | −0.1°F | 44.95 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00081306. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Cape Florida's climate compare?
Cape Florida is warmer than 104 of the 106 places with their own NOAA record in Florida, and wetter than 63. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 78.7°F is warmer than 100%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Cape Florida is Am: tropical monsoon. 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 Cape Florida share this climate record?
2 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.
- Coral Gables, FLalso near: Miami (8 mi, 77.4°F a year); Tamiami (9 mi, 76.7°F a year)50,379 people · 7 mi W
- Key Biscayne, FL15,111 people · 1 mi NW
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 Cape Florida's climate
What is the coldest month at Cape Florida?
January, with a normal high of 78°F and a normal low of 63°F. The warmest is August (91°F by day, 79°F at night).
Does it snow at Cape Florida?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month at Cape Florida?
September, with 7.54 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.00 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Cape Florida in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Cape Florida in zone 11a in ZIP code 33149, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 42°F (17 years, 1991-2020): zone 11a.
Nearby and next
- Florida climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Miami Beach, FL9 miles from this station, 76.1°F a year
- Hialeah, FL13 miles from this station, 76.6°F a year
- Miami, FL13 miles from this station, 77.4°F a year
- Tamiami, FL16 miles from this station, 76.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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