Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, Florida climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport's normal year runs from 59°F January nights to 91°F August afternoons, with 56.5 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 24.9°C, January lows of 15°C, August highs of 33°C, 1,435 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationFort Lauderdale Executive Airport
- Station IDUSW00012885
- Location26.20°N 80.17°W
- Elevation14 ft (4 m)
On October 14, the normal high in Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport is 87°F and the normal low 74°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 42%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport.
- Jan 76° 59°
- Feb 78° 61°
- Mar 81° 64°
- Apr 84° 68°
- May 87° 72°
- Jun 89° 76°
- Jul 91° 76°
- Aug 91° 77°
- Sep 89° 76°
- Oct 86° 73°
- Nov 81° 67°
- Dec 78° 63°
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 Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 59°F. The most precipitation falls in September (8.13 in), the least in February (1.95 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 76°F | 59°F | 67.7°F | 2.38 | 7 | <1 | <1 | 10 h 40 min |
| February | 78°F | 61°F | 69.6°F | 1.95 | 6 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| March | 81°F | 64°F | 72.3°F | 3.20 | 6 | 2 | <1 | 12 h |
| April | 84°F | 68°F | 76.1°F | 3.11 | 6 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 87°F | 72°F | 79.6°F | 4.89 | 10 | 6 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| June | 89°F | 76°F | 82.4°F | 6.57 | 14 | 15 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| July | 91°F | 76°F | 83.8°F | 6.15 | 16 | 23 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| August | 91°F | 77°F | 84.1°F | 7.51 | 16 | 25 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| September | 89°F | 76°F | 82.6°F | 8.13 | 16 | 16 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 86°F | 73°F | 79.7°F | 5.82 | 12 | 4 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 81°F | 67°F | 73.9°F | 4.00 | 9 | <1 | <1 | 10 h 50 min |
| December | 78°F | 63°F | 70.3°F | 2.79 | 9 | <1 | <1 | 10 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 84°F | 69°F | 76.8°F | 56.50 | 129 | 93 | <1 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25°C | 15°C | 19.8°C | 60 mm |
| February | 26°C | 16°C | 20.9°C | 50 mm |
| March | 27°C | 18°C | 22.4°C | 81 mm |
| April | 29°C | 20°C | 24.5°C | 79 mm |
| May | 31°C | 22°C | 26.4°C | 124 mm |
| June | 32°C | 24°C | 28.0°C | 167 mm |
| July | 33°C | 25°C | 28.8°C | 156 mm |
| August | 33°C | 25°C | 28.9°C | 191 mm |
| September | 32°C | 24°C | 28.1°C | 207 mm |
| October | 30°C | 23°C | 26.5°C | 148 mm |
| November | 27°C | 19°C | 23.3°C | 102 mm |
| December | 25°C | 17°C | 21.3°C | 71 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00012885; 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 Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in January, February, March, April, November and December. Of those, February 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 USW00012885.
How hot and how cold does it get at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport?
In a normal year in Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, 93 days a year reach 90°F, nights almost never fall to freezing and 129 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 93a 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
- 129a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1998) is 100°F, on April 28, 2021; the lowest is 34°F, on January 5, 2001.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1999, with 76.63 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00012885; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00012885. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. April is the sunniest month (82%) and June the cloudiest (73%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 78% | 3.5 |
| February | 79% | 4.3 |
| March | 81% | 5.3 |
| April | 82% | 6.0 |
| May | 79% | 6.1 |
| June | 73% | 5.5 |
| July | 76% | 5.7 |
| August | 76% | 5.4 |
| September | 75% | 4.8 |
| October | 79% | 4.4 |
| November | 80% | 3.7 |
| December | 78% | 3.3 |
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 Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport record?
A normal year at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport brings 146 heating degree days, 97% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 4,476 cooling degree days, 4.9 times the median (908). No month reaches 300 heating degree days. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 9,807 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 58 | 140 |
| February | 31 | 160 |
| March | 13 | 238 |
| April | 2 | 335 |
| May | 0 | 453 |
| June | 0 | 520 |
| July | 0 | 581 |
| August | 0 | 592 |
| September | 0 | 530 |
| October | 0 | 456 |
| November | 6 | 273 |
| December | 36 | 199 |
| Year (annual) | 146 | 4,476 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00012885. 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 Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport been warmer than normal?
2024 averaged 78.9°F, 2.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 76.8°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 77.6°F | +0.8°F | 51.43 |
| 2022 | 78.4°F | +1.6°F | – |
| 2023 | 78.8°F | +2.0°F | – |
| 2024 | 78.9°F | +2.1°F | 65.30 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00012885. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport's climate compare?
Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport is warmer than 98 of the 106 places with their own NOAA record in Florida, and wetter than 73. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 76.8°F is warmer than 100%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport 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 Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport share this climate record?
8 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.
- Plantation, FLalso near: Fort Lauderdale (8 mi, 77.2°F a year); Hollywood (9 mi, 77.3°F a year)100,694 people · 8 mi SW
- Sunrise, FLalso near: Coral Springs (7 mi, 76.2°F a year); Fort Lauderdale (10 mi, 77.2°F a year)100,128 people · 6 mi W
- Lauderhill, FLalso near: Fort Lauderdale Beach (7 mi, 76.9°F a year); Fort Lauderdale (8 mi, 77.2°F a year)76,627 people · 4 mi SW
- North Lauderdale, FL46,335 people · 3 mi W
- Oakland Park, FL45,771 people · 2 mi SE
- Lauderdale Lakes, FL37,333 people · 3 mi SW
- Roosevelt Gardens, FL2,566 people · 4 mi S
- Washington Park, FL1,896 people · 5 mi S
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 Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport's climate
What is the coldest month at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport?
January, with a normal high of 76°F and a normal low of 59°F. The warmest is August (91°F by day, 77°F at night).
What is the rainiest month at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport?
September, with 8.13 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 1.95 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport in zone 11a in ZIP code 33309, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 40°F (22 years, 1991-2020): zone 10b.
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