Chipley, FL Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Chipley's primary NOAA station, CHIPLEY.
The climate verdict for Chipley
Water is the standout signal in Chipley, Florida: 60.8 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 68°F. It scores 77/100 for climate comfort (good), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 70% of them.
- 68°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 77/100
- comfort score, above 70% of station-mapped location scores
- 60.8"
- precipitation, annual total
- 261 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Chipley: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00081544 · Chipley, FL 68°F mean · 60.8" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 68°F
- RANK-WARM #6,381
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Albany SW GA Rg…
- PRCP-WET 60.8"
- SWING-MID 32°F
- COMF-TOP 77/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00081544
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Albany SW GA Rgnl, GA (+ 0 °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.
- Chipley (this station) 68°F
- Hot Conroe Montgome…, TX 68°F
- Near Albany SW GA Rg…, GA 68°F
- Near Anaheim, CA 68°F
- Near Bell, FL 68°F
Chipley 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 · Chipley
Chipley: 73/100 · grade B
Chipley publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Chipley, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 77/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 67.7°F · 0.2° from 67.5°F | 97/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 261 days/year | 92/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.0 inches/year | 90/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 108 calendar days | 72/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 60.8 in · 25.8 from 35 in | 10/100 · F |
Chipley · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Chipley is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 51.1°F and warmest-month mean 82.6°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
- 82.6°F
- Coldest month
- 51.1°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 · balanced station
Where Chipley sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Chipley's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 7% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Chipley sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 5% wettest
- Chipley's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 88%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Chipley is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Chipley compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Chipley's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
77 Top 30% score exceeds 70% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Chipley's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 52 complete annual observations from 1941 to 2025, CHIPLEY warmed at a fitted rate of 0.06°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Chipley primary station fitted change +0.06 °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 | 64°F (18°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 5.1" | 0.0" | 10.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 67°F (20°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 5.5" | 0.0" | 6.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 74°F (23°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 5.7" | 0.0" | 2.4 | 0.1 |
| April | 80°F (27°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 4.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| May | 88°F (31°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 4.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 10.2 |
| June | 92°F (33°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 5.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 19.4 |
| July | 93°F (34°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 7.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 24.4 |
| August | 92°F (34°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 6.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 23.6 |
| September | 89°F (32°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 15.6 |
| October | 82°F (28°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 3.7" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 3.0 |
| November | 72°F (22°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 4.3" | 0.0" | 2.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 66°F (19°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 4.8" | 0.0" | 8.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Chipley runs from a mild 38°F around January 15 to 93°F at the peak near July 22, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 28 through September 12, covering 108 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs February 26 to November 23.
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 38°F around January 15.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 24, when 49% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 21 at 22%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 118 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 2 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 Chipley.
Where Chipley Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 108 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 61 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Chipley 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
9.8 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
8.5 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
12.3 days with precipitation
15.3 days with precipitation
14.0 days with precipitation
9.7 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
Chipley spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 31% of the annual total and December through February 25%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Chipley has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 31.5°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 7.2" and October 3.7". The three wettest months together take 31% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Chipley, it arrives in quantity
60.8" of precipitation falls across only about 117 wet days here, averaging 0.52 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 117 a year, 32% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.52 inches
- Most wet days
- July, about 15
- Fewest wet days
- October, about 7
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.
Chipley'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
November 21
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 5
50% probability date
Growing Season
261 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,638
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,662
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside FL closest to Chipley 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 (68°F here).
- Anaheim, CA 68°F · 0.0°F off
- Eunice, LA 68°F · 0.0°F off
- Jeanerette, LA 68°F · 0.0°F off
- Slidell, LA 68°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (60.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Boyce, LA 60.8" · 0.0" off
- Addison, AL 60.8" · 0.0" off
- Bienville, LA 60.8" · 0.0" off
- Tullahoma, TN 60.6" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Chipley's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Chipley averages 60.8 inches of precipitation a year. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. The monthly table supplies the seasonal distribution hidden by that annual total.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Chipley's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 31.5°F. The annual average is 68°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Chipley's normal, at 1,638 and 2,662 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
The frost-free window extends for about 261 days. That is a long calendar measure, but it is not a forecast and does not combine heat, rainfall, soil, or local elevation into a planting recommendation.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Chipley's primary station, where heating and cooling demand are close enough that neither season sets the character on its own. On a balanced station like Chipley, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a forecast.
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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 Chipley's primary station: CHIPLEY (USC00081544). 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 1211975). Match rule for Chipley: 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 Chipley 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.