Milton Exp Stn, FL Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Milton Exp Stn's primary NOAA station, MILTON EXP STN.
The climate verdict for Milton Exp Stn
Water is the standout signal in Milton Exp Stn, Florida: 67.6 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 65°F. It scores 77/100 for climate comfort (good), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 70% of them.
- 65°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 77/100
- comfort score, above 70% of station-mapped location scores
- 67.6"
- yearly precipitation total
- 243 days
- frost-free growing season
Milton Exp Stn: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00085793 · Milton Exp Stn, FL 65°F mean · 67.6" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 65°F
- RANK-UPPER #6,106
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bakersfield
- PRCP-WET 67.6"
- SWING-MID 32°F
- COMF-TOP 77/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00085793
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Bakersfield, 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.
- Milton (this station) 65°F
- Hot Clayton, AL 65°F
- Near Bakersfield, TX 65°F
- Near Burnet, TX 65°F
- Near China Lake Naf, CA 65°F
Milton Exp Stn 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 · Milton Exp Stn
Milton Exp Stn: 73/100 · grade B
Milton Exp Stn publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Milton Exp Stn, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 77/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 65.3°F · 2.2° from 67.5°F | 93/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.1 inches/year | 89/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 243 days/year | 86/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 74 calendar days | 84/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 67.6 in · 32.6 from 35 in | 0/100 · F |
Milton Exp Stn · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Milton Exp Stn is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 48.1°F and warmest-month mean 80.1°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
- 80.1°F
- Coldest month
- 48.1°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 Milton Exp Stn sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Milton Exp Stn's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 11% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Milton Exp Stn sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 2% wettest
- Milton Exp Stn's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 88%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Milton Exp Stn is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Milton Exp Stn compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Milton Exp Stn's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
77 Top 30% score exceeds 70% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60°F (16°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 5.9" | 0.0" | 11.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 64°F (18°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 4.7" | 0.0" | 5.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 71°F (22°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 5.4" | 0.1" | 1.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 77°F (25°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 5.5" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.8 |
| May | 85°F (29°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 3.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 9.2 |
| June | 90°F (32°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 7.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 19.9 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 7.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 24.2 |
| August | 91°F (33°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 6.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 23.4 |
| September | 87°F (31°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 6.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 14.7 |
| October | 80°F (26°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 4.4" | 0.0" | 0.3 | 2.0 |
| November | 70°F (21°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 56°F (14°C) | 4.8" | 0.0" | 3.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 63°F (17°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 4.6" | 0.0" | 8.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Milton Exp Stn runs from a mild 36°F around January 13 to 91°F at the peak near July 31, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 16 through August 28, covering 74 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 10 to November 14.
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 36°F around January 13.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 23, when 47% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is April 29 at 21%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 108 wet dates a year.
The widest day
November 7 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 27°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Milton Exp Stn.
Where Milton Exp Stn Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 68 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 74 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
Milton Exp Stn earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
9.6 days with precipitation
7.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
8.2 days with precipitation
6.4 days with precipitation
6.9 days with precipitation
11.0 days with precipitation
14.6 days with precipitation
13.2 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
6.9 days with precipitation
7.3 days with precipitation
7.8 days with precipitation
Milton Exp Stn spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 33% of the annual total and December through February 22%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Milton Exp Stn has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 32°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 7.7" and May 3.8". The three wettest months together take 33% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Milton Exp Stn, it arrives in quantity
67.6" of precipitation falls across only about 108 wet days here, averaging 0.63 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 108 a year, 30% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.63 inches
- Most wet days
- July, about 15
- 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.
Snow reaches Milton Exp Stn, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 0.1 inches of snow a year here, most likely in March. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 0 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 13
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 15
50% probability date
Growing Season
243 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,029
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,147
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside FL closest to Milton Exp Stn 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 (65°F here).
- Burnet, TX 65°F · 0.0°F off
- Clayton, AL 65°F · 0.0°F off
- Marlin, TX 65°F · 0.0°F off
- Minden, LA 65°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (67.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Wiggins, MS 67.4" · 0.3" off
- Newport, OR 67.3" · 0.4" off
- Reserve, LA 67.2" · 0.4" off
- Mobile, AL 67.1" · 0.6" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Milton Exp Stn's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Milton Exp Stn averages 67.6 inches of precipitation a year. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. The monthly table supplies the seasonal distribution hidden by that annual total.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Milton Exp Stn's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 32.0°F. The annual average is 65°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Milton Exp Stn's normal, at 2,029 and 2,147 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
The frost-free window extends for about 243 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 Milton Exp Stn'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 Milton Exp Stn, 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 Milton Exp Stn's primary station: MILTON EXP STN (USC00085793). 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 Milton Exp Stn; 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 Milton Exp Stn 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.