Gainesville, FL Climate: Temperature by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Gainesville's primary NOAA station, GAINESVILLE 11 WNW.
The climate verdict for Gainesville
Warm-season cooling demand defines Gainesville, Florida, running at more than twice its heating total. The NOAA normal records an annual average of 70°F. July is the warmest month at 81°F and January the coldest at 55°F.
- 70°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 275 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Gainesville: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00083322 · Gainesville, FL 70°F mean
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-NARROW · COMF-UNK · LOAD-COOL · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-MILD 70°F
- RANK-WARM #6,518
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Jacksonville Cr…
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-NARROW 26°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-COOL 2,796 CDD
- STN-1 USC00083322
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Jacksonville Craig Muni, FL (+ 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.
- Gainesville (this station) 70°F
- Hot Jacksonville Cr…, FL 70°F
- Cold Gainesville Rgnl, FL 69°F
- Near Perry, FL 69°F
- Near Jacksonville, FL 69°F
Gainesville 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 · Gainesville
Gainesville: 85/100 · grade A
Gainesville publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Gainesville, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 275 days/year | 96/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 69.5°F · 2.0° from 67.5°F | 93/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 107 calendar days | 72/100 · B |
Gainesville · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · cooling-led station
Where Gainesville sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Gainesville are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- Top 5% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Gainesville sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 94%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Gainesville is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67°F (20°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 55°F (13°C) | N/A | 5.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 71°F (22°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 58°F (14°C) | N/A | 4.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 77°F (25°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | N/A | 2.1 | 0.1 |
| April | 82°F (28°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 69°F (20°C) | N/A | 0.3 | 2.3 |
| May | 88°F (31°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 75°F (24°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 12.3 |
| June | 91°F (33°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 80°F (27°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 19.9 |
| July | 92°F (33°C) | 71°F (21°C) | 81°F (27°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 25.5 |
| August | 92°F (33°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 81°F (27°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 23.6 |
| September | 89°F (32°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 79°F (26°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 15.6 |
| October | 83°F (28°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| November | 76°F (24°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | N/A | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 69°F (21°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 58°F (14°C) | N/A | 5.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Gainesville runs from a mild 43°F around January 9 to 92°F at the peak near July 14, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 27 through September 10, covering 107 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs February 12 to December 9.
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 43°F around January 9.
The widest day
March 8 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 28°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Gainesville.
Where Gainesville Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 107 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
Gainesville 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
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
December 4
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 4
50% probability date
Growing Season
275 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,143
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,796
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside FL closest to Gainesville 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 (70°F here).
- Hackberry, LA 70°F · 0.0°F off
- Thompsons, TX 70°F · 0.0°F off
- Floresville, TX 70°F · 0.1°F off
- Galliano, LA 69°F · 0.1°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Gainesville's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · low swing
Warm-season load persists through a relatively even calendar in Gainesville. Cooling totals 2,796 degree days, more than double the 1,143 heating measure, and the 26.2°F seasonal range is compact rather than sharply divided.
A moisture-range label is withheld because Gainesville's annual precipitation total is unavailable. Monthly source values remain visible where NOAA provides them, and no annual amount is reconstructed from incomplete data.
Temperature varies within a narrow 26.2°F band across the normal year. July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 70°F. Monthly rows still matter, but they refine a steady profile rather than reveal two climatic extremes.
The frost-free window extends for about 275 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 Gainesville'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 Gainesville that means a descriptive range only — not an official NOAA classification and not a prediction for next summer.
Questions about Gainesville's climate
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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 Gainesville's primary station: GAINESVILLE 11 WNW (USC00083322). 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 1225175). Match rule for Gainesville: 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 Gainesville 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.