Niceville, FL Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Niceville's primary NOAA station, NICEVILLE.
The climate verdict for Niceville
Water is the standout signal in Niceville, Florida: 73.4 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 66°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.
- 66°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 77/100
- comfort score, above 70% of station-mapped location scores
- 73.4"
- annual precipitation
- 252 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Niceville: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00086240 · Niceville, FL 66°F mean · 73.4" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 66°F
- RANK-WARM #6,175
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Anvil Rch
- PRCP-WET 73.4"
- SWING-MID 31°F
- COMF-TOP 77/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00086240
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Anvil Rch, AZ (+ 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.
- Niceville (this station) 66°F
- Hot Crockett, TX 66°F
- Near Anvil Rch, AZ 66°F
- Near Bakersfield, CA 66°F
- Near Baxley, GA 66°F
Niceville 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 · Niceville
Niceville: 77/100 · grade B
Niceville publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Niceville, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 77/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 28 calendar days | 96/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 66.2°F · 1.3° from 67.5°F | 95/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 252 days/year | 90/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.0 inches/year | 90/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 73.4 in · 38.4 from 35 in | 0/100 · F |
Niceville · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Niceville is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 49.6°F and warmest-month mean 80.8°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
- 80.8°F
- Coldest month
- 49.6°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 Niceville sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Niceville's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 10% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Niceville sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 2% wettest
- Niceville's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 89%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Niceville is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Niceville compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Niceville'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
Niceville's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 45 complete annual observations from 1942 to 2025, NICEVILLE warmed at a fitted rate of 0.21°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Niceville primary station fitted change +0.21 °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 | 61°F (16°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 5.9" | 0.0" | 12.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 65°F (18°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 5.3" | 0.0" | 7.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 70°F (21°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 5.3" | 0.0" | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 76°F (25°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 6.0" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| May | 84°F (29°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 3.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| June | 88°F (31°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 6.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 9.5 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 8.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 15.8 |
| August | 90°F (32°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 9.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 16.6 |
| September | 87°F (31°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 7.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 7.7 |
| October | 80°F (27°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 4.6" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| November | 71°F (22°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 5.0" | 0.0" | 3.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 64°F (18°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 5.7" | 0.0" | 8.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Niceville runs from a mild 38°F around January 15 to 90°F at the peak near July 22, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 16 through August 12, covering 28 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 15 to November 17.
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 38°F around January 15.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 31, when 51% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 23 at 21%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 119 wet dates a year.
The widest day
November 6 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 26°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Niceville.
Where Niceville Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 73 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Niceville 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
10.0 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
12.5 days with precipitation
14.6 days with precipitation
14.9 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
6.3 days with precipitation
7.0 days with precipitation
11.2 days with precipitation
Niceville spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 34% of the annual total and December through February 23%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Niceville has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 31.2°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: August averages 9.2" and May 3.8". The three wettest months together take 34% 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 Niceville, it arrives in quantity
73.4" of precipitation falls across only about 119 wet days here, averaging 0.62 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 119 a year, 33% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.62 inches
- Most wet days
- August, about 15
- Fewest wet days
- October, 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.
Niceville'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 19
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 12
50% probability date
Growing Season
252 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,837
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,286
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside FL closest to Niceville 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 (66°F here).
- Bakersfield, CA 66°F · 0.0°F off
- Baxley, GA 66°F · 0.0°F off
- Crockett, TX 66°F · 0.0°F off
- El Paso, TX 66°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (73.4" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Helen, GA 72.7" · 0.7" off
- Caesars Head, SC 74.2" · 0.8" off
- Hana, HI 72.2" · 1.2" off
- Elma, WA 72.0" · 1.3" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Niceville's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Niceville averages 73.4 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 Niceville's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 31.2°F. The annual average is 66°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Niceville's normal, at 1,837 and 2,286 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 252 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 Niceville'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 Niceville, 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 Niceville's primary station: NICEVILLE (USC00086240). 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 1248750). Match rule for Niceville: 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 Niceville 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.