Miami Opa Locka, 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 Miami Opa Locka's primary NOAA station, MIAMI OPA LOCKA AP.
The climate verdict for Miami Opa Locka
Warm-season cooling demand defines Miami Opa Locka, Florida, running at more than twice its heating total. The NOAA normal records an annual average of 77°F. August is the warmest month at 84°F and January the coldest at 68°F.
- 77°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 62.6"
- yearly precipitation total
Miami Opa Locka: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00012882 · Miami Opa Locka, FL 77°F mean · 62.6" precip
TEMP-HOT · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-NARROW · COMF-UNK · LOAD-COOL · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-HOT 77°F
- RANK-WARM #6,792
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fort Lauderdale…
- PRCP-WET 62.6"
- SWING-NARROW 16°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-COOL 4,494 CDD
- STN-1 USW00012882
- BOOK-FULL 5/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Fort Lauderdale Executive, 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.
- Miami Opa Locka (this station) 77°F
- Cold Miami Nwsfo, FL 77°F
- Hot Pompano Beach A…, FL 77°F
- Near Fort Lauderdale…, FL 77°F
- Near Fort Lauderdale…, FL 77°F
Miami Opa Locka 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 · Miami Opa Locka
Miami Opa Locka: 60/100 · grade C
Miami Opa Locka publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Miami Opa Locka, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 82 calendar days | 82/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 76.9°F · 9.4° from 67.5°F | 70/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 62.6 in · 27.6 from 35 in | 6/100 · F |
Miami Opa Locka · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
Miami Opa Locka stays in the tropical Köppen band: Am
Year-round heat with a short dry season that still clears the monsoon precip floor: tropical monsoon (Am). Class Am is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: tropical, specifically tropical monsoon.
- Köppen code
- Am
- Group
- Tropical
- Warmest month
- 84.0°F
- Coldest month
- 67.8°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 Miami Opa Locka sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Miami Opa Locka's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 1% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Miami Opa Locka sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 4% wettest
- Miami Opa Locka's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 98%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Miami Opa Locka 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 | 77°F (25°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 1.8" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 79°F (26°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 2.7" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 81°F (27°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 2.5" | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| April | 84°F (29°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 2.9" | 0.0 | 2.7 |
| May | 87°F (31°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 6.0" | 0.0 | 7.2 |
| June | 90°F (32°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 8.9" | 0.0 | 17.3 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 76°F (25°C) | 84°F (29°C) | 8.1" | 0.0 | 24.1 |
| August | 91°F (33°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 84°F (29°C) | 8.1" | 0.0 | 25.7 |
| September | 90°F (32°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 8.7" | 0.0 | 17.2 |
| October | 86°F (30°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 7.8" | 0.0 | 4.7 |
| November | 82°F (28°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 2.9" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| December | 79°F (26°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 2.2" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
The year, day by day
The year in Miami Opa Locka runs from a mild 59°F around January 14 to 91°F at the peak near August 4, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 19 through September 8, covering 82 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 59°F around January 14.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 22, when 60% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is March 1 at 22%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 144 wet dates a year.
The widest day
January 22 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 18°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Miami Opa Locka.
Where Miami Opa Locka Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 63 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 18°F.
Miami Opa Locka 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
7.2 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
6.7 days with precipitation
11.5 days with precipitation
17.0 days with precipitation
18.2 days with precipitation
18.0 days with precipitation
17.9 days with precipitation
12.7 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
Miami Opa Locka runs a summer-peaked wet season
40% of Miami Opa Locka'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 8.9", on an unusually narrow 16.2°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: June, September, July, taking 41% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 1.8".
- Winter share: 11% 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 Miami Opa Locka, it arrives in quantity
62.7" of precipitation falls across only about 144 wet days here, averaging 0.44 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 144 a year, 39% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.44 inches
- Most wet days
- July, about 18
- Fewest wet days
- April, 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
122
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
4,494
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside FL closest to Miami Opa Locka 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 (77°F here).
- Kahului, HI 77°F · 0.2°F off
- Lihue, HI 76°F · 0.6°F off
- Brownsville, TX 76°F · 0.7°F off
- Needles, CA 76°F · 0.7°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (62.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Kosciusko, MS 62.5" · 0.1" off
- Covington, LA 62.5" · 0.1" off
- Tylertown, MS 62.5" · 0.1" off
- Liberty, TX 62.8" · 0.2" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Miami Opa Locka's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · wet · low swing
Warm-season load persists through a relatively even calendar in Miami Opa Locka. Cooling totals 4,494 degree days, more than double the 122 heating measure, and the 16.2°F seasonal range is compact rather than sharply divided.
Warm-season demand is paired with a wet annual normal: 62.6 inches of precipitation at Miami Opa Locka. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The month-by-month bars distinguish a concentrated wet season from moisture spread across the calendar.
Miami Opa Locka's 16.2°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 77°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 Miami Opa Locka. 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 Miami Opa Locka'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 Miami Opa Locka 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 Miami Opa Locka's primary station: MIAMI OPA LOCKA AP (USW00012882). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Miami Opa Locka; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Miami Opa Locka 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.