Leesburg, FL Climate: Temperature & Rain 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 Leesburg's primary NOAA station, LEESBURG MUNI AP.
The climate verdict for Leesburg
Warm-season cooling demand defines Leesburg, Florida, running at more than twice its heating total. The NOAA normal records an annual average of 73°F. August is the warmest month at 83°F and January the coldest at 59°F.
- 73°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 43.8"
- precipitation, annual total
Leesburg: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00012819 · Leesburg, FL 73°F mean · 43.8" precip
TEMP-HOT · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-NARROW · COMF-UNK · LOAD-COOL · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-HOT 73°F
- RANK-WARM #6,655
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tarpon Spgs Sew…
- PRCP-MID 43.8"
- SWING-NARROW 24°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-COOL 3,482 CDD
- STN-1 USW00012819
- BOOK-FULL 5/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, FL (+ 0.1 °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.
- Leesburg (this station) 73°F
- Cold Weeki Wachee, FL 73°F
- Hot Orlando, FL 73°F
- Near Tarpon Spgs Sew…, FL 73°F
- Near Sanford, FL 73°F
Leesburg 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 · Leesburg
Leesburg: 76/100 · grade B
Leesburg publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Leesburg, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 72.8°F · 5.3° from 67.5°F | 84/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 107 calendar days | 72/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 43.8 in · 8.8 from 35 in | 69/100 · C |
Leesburg · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
Leesburg is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 59.4°F and warmest-month mean 83.3°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
- 83.3°F
- Coldest month
- 59.4°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 · cooling-led station
Where Leesburg sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Leesburg's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 3% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Leesburg sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 66th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 95%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Leesburg 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 | 70°F (21°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 2.5" | 1.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 73°F (23°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 2.1" | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 77°F (25°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 3.2" | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| April | 83°F (28°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 2.0" | 0.0 | 2.2 |
| May | 88°F (31°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 2.7" | 0.0 | 13.7 |
| June | 91°F (33°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 7.0" | 0.0 | 20.0 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 5.9" | 0.0 | 24.0 |
| August | 92°F (33°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 83°F (29°C) | 6.6" | 0.0 | 24.9 |
| September | 90°F (32°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 5.2" | 0.0 | 18.1 |
| October | 85°F (29°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 2.6" | 0.0 | 5.0 |
| November | 77°F (25°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 1.8" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| December | 72°F (22°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 2.2" | 0.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Leesburg runs from a mild 49°F around January 10 to 92°F at the peak near August 9, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 31 through September 14, covering 107 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs January 1 to December 31.
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 49°F around January 10.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 23, when 55% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is April 27 at 20%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 122 wet dates a year.
The widest day
February 25 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 22°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Leesburg.
Where Leesburg 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.
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 22°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Leesburg earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
8.6 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
6.2 days with precipitation
6.7 days with precipitation
15.2 days with precipitation
16.9 days with precipitation
16.6 days with precipitation
13.5 days with precipitation
7.7 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
Leesburg runs a summer-peaked wet season
45% of Leesburg'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 7.0", on an unusually narrow 23.9°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 45% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: November at 1.8".
- 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 Leesburg, it arrives in quantity
43.8" of precipitation falls across only about 122 wet days here, averaging 0.36 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 122 a year, 33% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.36 inches
- Most wet days
- July, about 17
- Fewest wet days
- April, about 6
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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
January 9
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
January 26
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
629
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
3,482
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside FL closest to Leesburg 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 (73°F here).
- Alice, TX 73°F · 0.0°F off
- Crystal City, TX 73°F · 0.1°F off
- Corpus Christi, TX 73°F · 0.2°F off
- Imperial, CA 73°F · 0.2°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (43.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Bartow, WV 43.8" · 0.0" off
- Purcellville, VA 43.8" · 0.0" off
- Lake Placid, NY 43.8" · 0.0" off
- Brookville, IN 43.8" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Leesburg's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · moderate · low swing
Warm-season load persists through a relatively even calendar in Leesburg. Cooling totals 3,482 degree days, more than double the 629 heating measure, and the 23.9°F seasonal range is compact rather than sharply divided.
Leesburg's 43.8 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
Temperature varies within a narrow 23.9°F band across the normal year. August and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 73°F. Monthly rows still matter, but they refine a steady profile rather than reveal two climatic extremes.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for Leesburg. 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 Leesburg'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 Leesburg that means a descriptive range only — not an official NOAA classification and not a prediction for next summer.
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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 Leesburg's primary station: LEESBURG MUNI AP (USW00012819). 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 1239875). Match rule for Leesburg: 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 Leesburg 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.