Climate Comfort Score
88/100
Excellent
NOAA 1991–2020 normals Incorporated place · exact Census match 74°F annual avg Public-domain federal data
Fort Pierce, FL Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: average temperature, precipitation, and comfort score
- 74°F
- Avg annual temp
- 88/100
- Comfort score
- 55.9"
- Annual precip
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Fort Pierce's primary NOAA station, FT PIERCE.
The climate verdict for Fort Pierce
Warm-season cooling demand defines Fort Pierce, Florida, running at more than twice its heating total. The NOAA normal records an annual average of 74°F. It scores 88/100 for composite comfort (excellent), putting it in the most temperate third of station-mapped US locations, milder than 89% of them.
- 74°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 88/100
- comfort score, milder than 89% of station-mapped locations
- 55.9"
- precipitation, annual total
Based on NOAA U.S. Climate Normals (1991–2020) - 30-year averages describing the typical year, not a forecast.
Avg Temperature
74°F (23°C)
Avg High
82°F
Avg Low
65°F
Annual Precip
55.9"
Annual Snow
0.0"
Comfort Score
88/100
Excellent
Fort Pierce 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
Avg Annual Temperature
74°F
30-year mean (NOAA NCEI)
Annual Precipitation
55.9"
Liquid-equivalent total
Comfort score vs national 100-point ceiling (Fort Pierce) 88.0%
National median (64)
PlainClimate composite, temperature mildness, humidity, precipitation, extreme-weather frequency. Excellent for the Fort Pierce area.
How Fort Pierce compares with its closest stations
Against the 6 closest stations in the record, Fort Pierce averages 74°F a year, warmer than Fort Pierce St Lucie County, FL (73°F) and Palm Bay, FL (73°F), and cooler than Nettles Island, FL (75°F) and Stuart, FL (75°F). On comfort score it places 1 of 3 in that local group.
Corpus-relative placement
Where Fort Pierce sits across the climate record
These comparisons place this primary-station normal among station-mapped locations with the same NOAA 1991–2020 fields.
- Annual temperature
- Warmer than 98%
- of 6,861 measured location normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Wetter than 90%
- of 6,352 measured location normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Larger than 3%
- of 6,861 complete location-year normals.
How Fort Pierce compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Fort Pierce's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
88 Top 11% milder than 89% of 6,189 station-mapped locations
- 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
Fort Pierce's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 68 complete annual observations from 1840 to 2025, FT PIERCE warmed at a fitted rate of 0.07°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Fort Pierce primary station fitted change +0.07 °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 | 72°F (22°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 3.0" | 0.0" | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 74°F (24°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 2.8" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 77°F (25°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 3.0" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| April | 81°F (27°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 3.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| May | 84°F (29°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 4.7 |
| June | 88°F (31°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 6.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 11.0 |
| July | 89°F (32°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 6.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 19.1 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 7.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 20.4 |
| September | 88°F (31°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 8.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 10.4 |
| October | 84°F (29°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 5.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.7 |
| November | 78°F (26°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 3.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| December | 74°F (24°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 2.4" | 0.0" | 0.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Fort Pierce: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 53°F near January 13 and 90°F near July 25.
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 53°F around January 13.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is September 7, when 50% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is March 1 at 22%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 124 wet dates a year.
The widest day
January 16 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 20°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Fort Pierce.
Where Fort Pierce Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 56 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 20°F.
Standing computed against the distribution of 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations in the PlainClimate database; only nationally notable standings are shown.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
January 3.0"
7.6 days with precipitation
February 2.8"
7.1 days with precipitation
March 3.0"
7.0 days with precipitation
April 3.6"
7.3 days with precipitation
May 4.2"
8.5 days with precipitation
June 6.2"
13.9 days with precipitation
July 6.2"
13.1 days with precipitation
August 7.3"
14.9 days with precipitation
September 8.2"
15.1 days with precipitation
October 5.7"
11.9 days with precipitation
November 3.2"
9.7 days with precipitation
December 2.4"
8.1 days with precipitation
Fort Pierce runs a summer-peaked wet season
35% of Fort Pierce'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 September at 8.2", on an unusually narrow 19.2°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: September, August, June, taking 39% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: December at 2.4".
- Winter share: 15% 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.
When it rains in Fort Pierce, it arrives in quantity
55.9" of precipitation falls across only about 124 wet days here, averaging 0.45 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 124 a year, 34% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.45 inches
- Most wet days
- September, about 15
- Fewest wet days
- March, 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.
Fort Pierce'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
January 12
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
January 22
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
405
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
3,502
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
Places with a similar climate profile
NOAA 1991–2020 annual normals connect this location to non-geographic peers. Temperature peers use annual mean temperature; energy peers use both heating and cooling degree days.
Closest annual-temperature peers
What Fort Pierce's climate means for you
Fort Pierce runs 74°F a year - peaking in August, coldest in January.
- Air conditioning drives the bills rather than the furnace: 3,502 cooling degree days against 405 for heating.
- See how Fort Pierce lines up against the rest of Florida and the national rankings. See rankings
Climate Guides
Data-derived climate profile
How Fort Pierce's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · wet · low swing
Warm-season load persists through a relatively even calendar in Fort Pierce. Cooling totals 3,502 degree days, more than double the 405 heating measure, and the 19.2°F seasonal range is compact rather than sharply divided.
Warm-season demand is paired with a wet annual normal: 55.9 inches of precipitation at Fort Pierce. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. The month-by-month bars distinguish a concentrated wet season from moisture spread across the calendar.
Fort Pierce's 19.2°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 74°F. Temperature is relatively steady; the monthly rows show how rain and snow observations vary across the calendar.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for Fort Pierce. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Fort Pierce's primary station, so the summer figures are a thirty-year average rather than a ceiling: individual years have run hotter and will again. They are descriptive ranges, not an official NOAA classification or a forecast for any specific year.
The year in four calendar signals
- Warmest normal
- August
- At 82°F (28°C) this is a genuinely hot month, in the top third of US stations, and the daily average understates afternoon highs.
- Coldest normal
- January
- The coldest month still averages 63°F (17°C), above freezing, so this calendar has no hard winter.
- Rainfall rhythm
- September to December
- September is typically wettest; December is driest.
- Mild-temperature window
- January through December
- Monthly means sit between 55°F and 75°F in this window. Freezing days are still reported from January through December.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average temperature in Fort Pierce, FL? ▼
The average annual temperature in Fort Pierce, Florida is 74°F. The warmest month averages 89°F (32°C) and the coldest averages 53°F (12°C).
How much rain does Fort Pierce get? ▼
Fort Pierce receives 55.9 inches of precipitation annually. Based on NOAA 30-year climate normals (1991-2020).
How many days above 90°F does Fort Pierce get? ▼
Fort Pierce averages about 70 days a year at or above 90°F, concentrated in August and the months either side of it. That is a count of days reaching the threshold, not a measure of how far above it they go.
What is the comfort score for Fort Pierce? ▼
Fort Pierce has a climate comfort score of 88/100 (Excellent), milder than 89% of station-mapped locations in the PlainClimate database.
How much energy does heating and cooling require in Fort Pierce? ▼
Fort Pierce has 405 heating degree days and 3,502 cooling degree days annually, a cooling-dominated climate. See our <a href="/guides/reading-weather-data" class="underline hover:text-brand-600">guide to reading weather data</a> for what these figures mean.
Where does this Fort Pierce climate data come from? ▼
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). Figures on this page come from Fort Pierce's primary NOAA station (FT PIERCE, USC00083207).
Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Fort Pierce's primary station: FT PIERCE (USC00083207). 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 1224300). The reproducible method is an exact normalized name-and-state match; unresolved is an upper bound on facilities because spelling variants can be missed.
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