Lake City, FL Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Lake City's primary NOAA station, LAKE CITY 2 E.
The climate verdict for Lake City
Water is the standout signal in Lake City, Florida: 54.0 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 67°F. It scores 87/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 87% of them.
- 67°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 87/100
- comfort score, above 87% of station-mapped location scores
- 54.0"
- annual precipitation
- 272 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Lake City: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00084731 · Lake City, FL 67°F mean · 54.0" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-NARROW · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 67°F
- RANK-WARM #6,312
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Austin Great Hi…
- PRCP-WET 54.0"
- SWING-NARROW 28°F
- COMF-TOP 87/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00084731
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Austin Great Hills, TX (+ 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.
- Lake City (this station) 67°F
- Hot Charleston City, SC 67°F
- Near Austin Great Hi…, TX 67°F
- Near Bainbridge Intl…, GA 67°F
- Near Beaufort Mcas, SC 67°F
Lake 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 · Lake City
Lake City: 85/100 · grade A
Lake City publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Lake City, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 87/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 0 calendar days | 100/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 67.2°F · 0.3° from 67.5°F | 97/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 272 days/year | 95/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.0 inches/year | 90/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 54.0 in · 19.0 from 35 in | 32/100 · F |
Lake City · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Lake City is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 52.1°F and warmest-month mean 80.0°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
- 80.0°F
- Coldest month
- 52.1°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 · balanced station
Where Lake City sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Lake City's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 8% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Lake City sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 12% wettest
- Lake 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 Lake City is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Lake City compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Lake City's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
87 Top 13% score exceeds 87% 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
Lake City's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 85 complete annual observations from 1893 to 2021, LAKE CITY 2 E warmed at a fitted rate of 0.06°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Lake City primary station fitted change +0.06 °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 | 63°F (17°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 4.3" | 0.0" | 6.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 67°F (19°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 3.2" | 0.0" | 2.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 73°F (23°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 4.3" | 0.0" | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 79°F (26°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| May | 85°F (30°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 9.7 |
| June | 88°F (31°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 7.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 17.7 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 7.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 22.9 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 80°F (26°C) | 7.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 20.3 |
| September | 86°F (30°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 5.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 10.1 |
| October | 79°F (26°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 2.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| November | 71°F (22°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 1.9" | 0.0" | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 66°F (19°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 2.9" | 0.0" | 3.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Lake City: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 41°F near January 10 and 90°F near July 17.
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 10.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is August 6, when 55% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is May 4 at 22%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 128 wet dates a year.
The widest day
March 12 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Lake City.
Where Lake City Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 54 inches.
Lake 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
9.0 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
7.0 days with precipitation
14.7 days with precipitation
15.7 days with precipitation
17.0 days with precipitation
11.5 days with precipitation
8.3 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
Lake City runs a summer-peaked wet season
41% of Lake 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 June at 7.5", on an unusually narrow 27.9°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: June, August, July, taking 41% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: November at 1.9".
- Winter share: 19% 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 Lake City, it arrives in quantity
54.0" of precipitation falls across only about 128 wet days here, averaging 0.42 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 128 a year, 35% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.42 inches
- Most wet days
- August, about 17
- Fewest wet days
- May, 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.
Lake City'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
November 28
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 1
50% probability date
Growing Season
272 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,489
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,319
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside FL closest to Lake 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 (67°F here).
- Monticello, MS 67°F · 0.0°F off
- Wickenburg, AZ 67°F · 0.0°F off
- Bogalusa, LA 67°F · 0.1°F off
- Brusly, LA 67°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (54.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Scottsville, KY 54.0" · 0.0" off
- Benton, LA 54.0" · 0.0" off
- Russellville, KY 53.9" · 0.0" off
- Winslow, AR 53.9" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Lake City's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · low swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Lake City averages 54.0 inches of precipitation a year. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. The monthly table supplies the seasonal distribution hidden by that annual total.
Lake City's 27.9°F seasonal spread is compact even though precipitation is abundant. July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 67°F. Temperature is relatively steady; the monthly rows show how rain and snow observations vary across the calendar.
Lake City combines a compact 27.9°F annual temperature range with meaningful demand on both sides of the thermostat: 1,489 heating and 2,319 cooling degree days. The balance matters more here than either annual total in isolation.
The frost-free window extends for about 272 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 Lake City's primary station, where heating and cooling demand are close enough that neither season sets the character on its own. On a balanced station like Lake City, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a forecast.
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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 Lake City's primary station: LAKE CITY 2 E (USC00084731). 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 1237775). Match rule for Lake 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 Lake 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.