Cross City, FL Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Cross City's primary NOAA station, CROSS CITY AP - 2 stations mapped to the area.
The climate verdict for Cross City
Warm-season cooling demand defines Cross City, Florida, running at more than twice its heating total. The NOAA normal records an annual average of 69°F. It scores 85/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 85% of them.
- 69°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 85/100
- comfort score, above 85% of station-mapped location scores
- 51.5"
- annual precipitation
- 266 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Cross City: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00012833 · Cross City, FL 69°F mean · 51.5" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-NARROW · COMF-TOP · LOAD-COOL · STN-MULTI · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 69°F
- RANK-WARM #6,449
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bay City Wtr Wks
- PRCP-WET 51.5"
- SWING-NARROW 28°F
- COMF-TOP 85/100
- LOAD-COOL 2,695 CDD
- STN-MULTI USW00012833
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Bay City Wtr Wks, TX ( -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.
- Cross City (this station) 69°F
- Cold Glen St Mary, FL 69°F
- Hot White Springs, FL 69°F
- Near Bay City Wtr Wks, TX 69°F
- Near Apalachicola, FL 69°F
Cross City 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 · Cross City
Cross City: 70/100 · grade B
Cross City publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals · NOAA hourly normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Cross City, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 85/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 68.9°F · 1.4° from 67.5°F | 94/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 266 days/year | 93/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 42 calendar days | 93/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 51.5 in · 16.5 from 35 in | 42/100 · D |
| Summer moisture balance | 72.9°F mean dew point | 4/100 · F |
Cross City · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Cross City is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 53.9°F and warmest-month mean 81.4°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
- 81.4°F
- Coldest month
- 53.9°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 Cross City sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Cross City's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 6% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Cross City sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 16% wettest
- Cross City's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 93%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Cross City is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Cross City compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Cross City's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
85 Top 15% score exceeds 85% 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66°F (19°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 3.4" | N/A | 8.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 70°F (21°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.0" | N/A | 4.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 75°F (24°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 3.5" | N/A | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 80°F (27°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 2.9" | N/A | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| May | 87°F (30°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 2.7" | N/A | 0.0 | 11.6 |
| June | 90°F (32°C) | 71°F (21°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 7.0" | N/A | 0.0 | 20.5 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 7.8" | N/A | 0.0 | 23.9 |
| August | 90°F (32°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 8.1" | N/A | 0.0 | 22.7 |
| September | 88°F (31°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 5.8" | N/A | 0.0 | 17.0 |
| October | 82°F (28°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 2.2" | N/A | 0.0 | 4.3 |
| November | 74°F (24°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 2.1" | N/A | 2.0 | 0.1 |
| December | 68°F (20°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 3.0" | N/A | 6.2 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Cross City runs from a mild 41°F around January 11 to 90°F at the peak near July 17, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 5 through August 15, covering 42 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs February 17 to December 5.
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 41°F around January 11.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 30, when 68% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is April 23 at 28%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 155 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 30 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 26°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Cross City.
Where Cross City Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 52 inches.
Cross City earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
11.2 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
10.1 days with precipitation
16.7 days with precipitation
20.4 days with precipitation
20.2 days with precipitation
16.2 days with precipitation
13.0 days with precipitation
10.0 days with precipitation
9.7 days with precipitation
Cross City runs a summer-peaked wet season
44% of Cross City'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 August at 8.1", on an unusually narrow 27.5°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: August, July, June, taking 44% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: November at 2.1".
- Winter share: 18% 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.
How Cross City's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 155 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 51.5" between them, or roughly 0.33 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 26
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 5
50% probability date
Growing Season
266 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,257
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,695
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
Humidity & Wind
Monthly averages from hourly observations
| Month | Humidity | Wind (mph) | Clear Sky % | Overcast % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 72% | 5.4 | N/A | N/A |
| February | 70% | 6.1 | N/A | N/A |
| March | 71% | 5.8 | N/A | N/A |
| April | 70% | 5.4 | N/A | N/A |
| May | 73% | 4.9 | N/A | N/A |
| June | 79% | 4.2 | N/A | N/A |
| July | 81% | 3.8 | N/A | N/A |
| August | 81% | 4.4 | N/A | N/A |
| September | 78% | 4.9 | N/A | N/A |
| October | 75% | 4.7 | N/A | N/A |
| November | 76% | 4.6 | N/A | N/A |
| December | 76% | 5.3 | N/A | N/A |
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside FL closest to Cross City 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 (69°F here).
- Arizona City, AZ 69°F · 0.0°F off
- La Grange, TX 69°F · 0.0°F off
- Brackettville, TX 69°F · 0.1°F off
- Lake Arthur, LA 69°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (51.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- West Point, NY 51.5" · 0.0" off
- Oneida, KY 51.5" · 0.0" off
- Evening Shade, AR 51.5" · 0.0" off
- Pocahontas, AR 51.5" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Cross City's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · wet · low swing
Warm-season load persists through a relatively even calendar in Cross City. Cooling totals 2,695 degree days, more than double the 1,257 heating measure, and the 27.5°F seasonal range is compact rather than sharply divided.
Warm-season demand is paired with a wet annual normal: 51.5 inches of precipitation at Cross City. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The month-by-month bars distinguish a concentrated wet season from moisture spread across the calendar.
Cross City's 27.5°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 69°F. Temperature is relatively steady; the monthly rows show how rain and snow observations vary across the calendar.
The frost-free window extends for about 266 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 Cross City'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 Cross City 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 Cross City's primary station: CROSS CITY AP (USW00012833). 2 NOAA stations are mapped to the Cross City area; the primary station's record is used for consistency. 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 1215575). Match rule for Cross City: 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 Cross City 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.