Chipley, Florida climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Chipley's normal year runs from 39°F January nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 60.8 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 19.8°C, January lows of 4°C, July highs of 34°C, 1,543 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationChipley
- Station IDUSC00081544
- Location30.78°N 85.55°W
- Elevation130 ft (40 m)
- Population3,741
On October 22, the normal high in Chipley is 80°F and the normal low 54°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 22%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Chipley.
- Jan 64° 39°
- Feb 67° 41°
- Mar 74° 47°
- Apr 80° 53°
- May 88° 62°
- Jun 92° 70°
- Jul 93° 72°
- Aug 92° 72°
- Sep 89° 67°
- Oct 82° 56°
- Nov 72° 46°
- Dec 66° 41°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Chipley each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 39°F. The most precipitation falls in July (7.16 in), the least in October (3.66 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64°F | 39°F | 51.1°F | 5.09 | 10 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 67°F | 41°F | 54.4°F | 5.53 | 9 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 74°F | 47°F | 60.7°F | 5.65 | 9 | <1 | 2 | 12 h |
| April | 80°F | 53°F | 66.8°F | 4.86 | 7 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 88°F | 62°F | 74.8°F | 4.09 | 8 | 10 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 92°F | 70°F | 80.6°F | 5.29 | 12 | 19 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 93°F | 72°F | 82.6°F | 7.16 | 15 | 24 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 92°F | 72°F | 82.2°F | 6.17 | 14 | 24 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 89°F | 67°F | 78.2°F | 4.22 | 10 | 16 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 82°F | 56°F | 69.0°F | 3.66 | 7 | 3 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 72°F | 46°F | 59.1°F | 4.25 | 7 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 66°F | 41°F | 53.3°F | 4.79 | 9 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 80°F | 56°F | 67.7°F | 60.76 | 117 | 98 | 31 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18°C | 4°C | 10.6°C | 129 mm |
| February | 20°C | 5°C | 12.4°C | 140 mm |
| March | 23°C | 8°C | 15.9°C | 144 mm |
| April | 27°C | 12°C | 19.3°C | 123 mm |
| May | 31°C | 17°C | 23.8°C | 104 mm |
| June | 33°C | 21°C | 27.0°C | 134 mm |
| July | 34°C | 22°C | 28.1°C | 182 mm |
| August | 34°C | 22°C | 27.9°C | 157 mm |
| September | 32°C | 19°C | 25.7°C | 107 mm |
| October | 28°C | 13°C | 20.6°C | 93 mm |
| November | 22°C | 8°C | 15.1°C | 108 mm |
| December | 19°C | 5°C | 11.8°C | 122 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00081544; 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.
When is the best weather to visit Chipley?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in February, March, April, October, November and December. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USC00081544.
When is the last frost in Chipley?
In Chipley, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 5 in half of years and after March 27 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 21 in half of years and before November 4 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- March 51 year in 10 after March 27; 9 in 10 after February 7
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 211 year in 10 before November 4; 9 in 10 before December 16
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 263 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 296 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 16 in half of springs and before December 8 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Chipley in zone 9a in ZIP code 32431, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Chipley's NOAA station is in zone 9a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 20°F (18 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Florida · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00081544; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Chipley?
In a normal year in Chipley, 98 days a year reach 90°F (3 of them 100°F or more), 31 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 117 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 98a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 31a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 117a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1939) is 104°F, on June 7, 1985; the lowest is 8°F, on December 13, 1962.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1964, with 79.62 in; the snowiest season is 1957–58, with 1.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00081544; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00081544. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Chipley?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Chipley, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. May is the sunniest month (84%) and February the cloudiest (74%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 76% | 3.1 |
| February | 74% | 3.7 |
| March | 79% | 5.0 |
| April | 81% | 6.0 |
| May | 84% | 6.6 |
| June | 78% | 6.1 |
| July | 78% | 5.8 |
| August | 77% | 5.4 |
| September | 80% | 5.0 |
| October | 83% | 4.4 |
| November | 82% | 3.6 |
| December | 75% | 2.8 |
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 much heating and cooling does Chipley need?
A normal year in Chipley brings 1,638 heating degree days, 70% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,662 cooling degree days, 2.9 times the median (908). Three months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 6,760 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 441 | 10 |
| February | 310 | 14 |
| March | 183 | 48 |
| April | 60 | 114 |
| May | 5 | 311 |
| June | 0 | 468 |
| July | 0 | 546 |
| August | 0 | 532 |
| September | 1 | 397 |
| October | 45 | 171 |
| November | 216 | 38 |
| December | 377 | 15 |
| Year (annual) | 1,638 | 2,662 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00081544. 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.
Has Chipley been warmer than normal lately?
Over 52 complete years from 1941 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.0°F per century (+0.06°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Chipley's climate compare?
Chipley is warmer than 9 of the other 105 places with their own NOAA record in Florida, and wetter than 80. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 67.7°F is warmer than 93%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Chipley is Cfa: temperate, no dry season, hot summer. 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 Chipley share this climate record?
5 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.
- Cottondale, FL879 people · 11 mi E
- Vernon, FL744 people · 15 mi SW
- Alford, FL519 people · 11 mi SE
- Wausau, FL390 people · 10 mi S
- Jacob City, FL230 people · 11 mi NE
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 Chipley's climate
What is the coldest month in Chipley?
January, with a normal high of 64°F and a normal low of 39°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Chipley?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Chipley?
July, with 7.16 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 3.66 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Chipley in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Chipley in zone 9a in ZIP code 32431, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Chipley's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 20°F (18 years, 1991-2020): zone 9a.
How late can frost come in Chipley?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 5; in one year in ten it comes after March 27. Waiting until March 27 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Florida climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Bonifay, FL6 miles from this station, 67.3°F a year
- Marianna, FL22 miles from this station, 68.3°F a year
- New Hope, FL23 miles from this station, 66.9°F a year
- Geneva, AL26 miles from this station, 65.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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