Jacksonville Craig Municipal Airport, Florida climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Jacksonville Craig Municipal Airport's normal year runs from 45°F January nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 51.8 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 20.8°C, January lows of 7°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,316 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationJacksonville Craig Municipal Airport
- Station IDUSW00053860
- Location30.34°N 81.51°W
- Elevation41 ft (13 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Jacksonville Craig Municipal Airport is 78°F and the normal low 61°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 30%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Jacksonville Craig Municipal Airport.
- Jan 65° 45°
- Feb 68° 48°
- Mar 73° 52°
- Apr 79° 58°
- May 84° 65°
- Jun 89° 71°
- Jul 91° 73°
- Aug 90° 74°
- Sep 86° 71°
- Oct 80° 64°
- Nov 73° 54°
- Dec 68° 48°
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 Jacksonville Craig Municipal Airport each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 45°F. The most precipitation falls in September (7.30 in), the least in April (2.41 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65°F | 45°F | 54.9°F | 2.99 | 9 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 68°F | 48°F | 58.0°F | 2.42 | 9 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 73°F | 52°F | 62.6°F | 3.03 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 12 h |
| April | 79°F | 58°F | 68.3°F | 2.41 | 7 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 84°F | 65°F | 74.4°F | 3.04 | 8 | 7 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 89°F | 71°F | 79.9°F | 6.28 | 14 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 91°F | 73°F | 82.2°F | 6.14 | 14 | 22 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 90°F | 74°F | 81.7°F | 6.87 | 16 | 20 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 86°F | 71°F | 78.8°F | 7.30 | 14 | 8 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 80°F | 64°F | 71.9°F | 5.99 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 73°F | 54°F | 63.3°F | 2.55 | 9 | <1 | <1 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 68°F | 48°F | 57.6°F | 2.80 | 9 | <1 | 2 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 79°F | 60°F | 69.5°F | 51.82 | 125 | 74 | 7 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18°C | 7°C | 12.7°C | 76 mm |
| February | 20°C | 9°C | 14.4°C | 61 mm |
| March | 23°C | 11°C | 17.0°C | 77 mm |
| April | 26°C | 14°C | 20.2°C | 61 mm |
| May | 29°C | 18°C | 23.6°C | 77 mm |
| June | 31°C | 22°C | 26.6°C | 160 mm |
| July | 33°C | 23°C | 27.9°C | 156 mm |
| August | 32°C | 23°C | 27.6°C | 174 mm |
| September | 30°C | 22°C | 26.0°C | 185 mm |
| October | 27°C | 18°C | 22.2°C | 152 mm |
| November | 23°C | 12°C | 17.4°C | 65 mm |
| December | 20°C | 9°C | 14.2°C | 71 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00053860; 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 Jacksonville Craig Municipal Airport?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in January, February, March, April, May, October, November and December. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USW00053860.
When is the last frost at Jacksonville Craig Municipal Airport?
In Jacksonville Craig Municipal Airport, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after February 9 in half of years and after March 7 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before December 31 in half of years and before November 30 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- February 91 year in 10 after March 7; 9 in 10 after January 12
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- December 311 year in 10 before November 30; 9 in 10 before January 31
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 314 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 348 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 26 in half of springs and before January 8 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Jacksonville Craig Municipal Airport in zone 9b in ZIP code 32225, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 9b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 27°F (22 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Florida · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00053860; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get at Jacksonville Craig Municipal Airport?
In a normal year in Jacksonville Craig Municipal Airport, 74 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 7 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 125 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 74a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 7a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 125a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1998) is 103°F, on June 23, 2022; the lowest is 20°F, on January 24, 2003.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2012, with 69.41 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00053860; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00053860. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Jacksonville Craig Municipal Airport?
Over a year 80% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Jacksonville Craig Municipal Airport, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. May is the sunniest month (84%) and February the cloudiest (75%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 77% | 3.1 |
| February | 75% | 3.7 |
| March | 80% | 5.0 |
| April | 83% | 6.0 |
| May | 84% | 6.5 |
| June | 79% | 6.1 |
| July | 81% | 6.1 |
| August | 80% | 5.7 |
| September | 78% | 4.9 |
| October | 80% | 4.2 |
| November | 80% | 3.4 |
| December | 75% | 2.8 |
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 Jacksonville Craig Municipal Airport record?
A normal year at Jacksonville Craig Municipal Airport brings 1,112 heating degree days, 79% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,764 cooling degree days, 3.0 times the median (908). One month needs 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 7,243 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 331 | 16 |
| February | 219 | 25 |
| March | 132 | 59 |
| April | 36 | 136 |
| May | 2 | 292 |
| June | 0 | 447 |
| July | 0 | 533 |
| August | 0 | 516 |
| September | 0 | 414 |
| October | 19 | 231 |
| November | 115 | 66 |
| December | 258 | 28 |
| Year (annual) | 1,112 | 2,764 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00053860. 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 Jacksonville Craig Municipal Airport been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 70.3°F, 0.8°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 69.5°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 70.9°F | +1.4°F | 61.40 |
| 2022 | 71.4°F | +1.9°F | 50.28 |
| 2023 | 72.1°F | +2.6°F | 57.46 |
| 2024 | 71.2°F | +1.7°F | 65.07 |
| 2025 | 70.3°F | +0.8°F | 50.91 |
Over 30 complete years from 1974 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.8°F per century (+0.26°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00053860; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Jacksonville Craig Municipal Airport's climate compare?
Jacksonville Craig Municipal Airport is warmer than 27 of the 106 places with their own NOAA record in Florida, and wetter than 34. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 69.5°F is warmer than 95%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Jacksonville Craig Municipal Airport is Cfa: temperate, no dry season, hot summer. 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 Jacksonville Craig Municipal Airport share this climate record?
2 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.
- Fruit Cove, FL35,609 people · 18 mi S
- Orange Park, FL8,993 people · 16 mi SW
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 Jacksonville Craig Municipal Airport's climate
What is the coldest month at Jacksonville Craig Municipal Airport?
January, with a normal high of 65°F and a normal low of 45°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 73°F at night).
What is the rainiest month at Jacksonville Craig Municipal Airport?
September, with 7.30 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is April with 2.41 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Jacksonville Craig Municipal Airport in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Jacksonville Craig Municipal Airport in zone 9b in ZIP code 32225, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 27°F (22 years, 1991-2020): zone 9b.
How late can frost come at Jacksonville Craig Municipal Airport?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after February 9; in one year in ten it comes after March 7. Waiting until March 7 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Florida climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Mayport Pilot Station, FL7 miles from this station, 70.0°F a year
- Jacksonville Beach, FL8 miles from this station, 71.4°F a year
- Jacksonville, FL15 miles from this station, 69.3°F a year
- Jackson Whitehouse NOLF, FL22 miles from this station, 68.5°F a year
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