Ortona Lock, 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 Ortona Lock's primary NOAA station, ORTONA LOCK 2.
The climate verdict for Ortona Lock
Warm-season cooling demand defines Ortona Lock, 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 82°F and January the coldest at 62°F.
- 73°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 57.1"
- annual precipitation
Ortona Lock: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00086657 · Ortona Lock, FL 73°F mean · 57.1" precip
TEMP-HOT · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-NARROW · COMF-UNK · LOAD-COOL · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-HOT 73°F
- RANK-WARM #6,655
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fort Pierce St…
- PRCP-WET 57.1"
- SWING-NARROW 20°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-COOL 3,386 CDD
- STN-1 USC00086657
- BOOK-FULL 5/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Fort Pierce St Lucie County, 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.
- Ortona Lock (this station) 73°F
- Cold Parrish, FL 73°F
- Hot Moore Haven Lock, FL 73°F
- Near Fort Pierce St…, FL 73°F
- Near Kissimmee Prair…, FL 73°F
Ortona Lock 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 · Ortona Lock
Ortona Lock: 67/100 · grade C
Ortona Lock publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Ortona Lock, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 73.0°F · 5.5° from 67.5°F | 83/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 91 calendar days | 79/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 57.1 in · 22.1 from 35 in | 21/100 · F |
Ortona Lock · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
Ortona Lock is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 61.7°F and warmest-month mean 82.1°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
- 82.1°F
- Coldest month
- 61.7°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 Ortona Lock sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Ortona Lock'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, Ortona Lock sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 8% wettest
- Ortona Lock's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 97%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Ortona Lock 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 | 74°F (23°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 2.2" | 2.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 78°F (26°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 1.9" | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| March | 80°F (27°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 2.8" | 0.1 | 1.8 |
| April | 85°F (29°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 3.1" | 0.0 | 6.1 |
| May | 88°F (31°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 4.6" | 0.0 | 12.9 |
| June | 90°F (32°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 10.3" | 0.0 | 19.0 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 9.0" | 0.0 | 23.6 |
| August | 92°F (33°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 9.2" | 0.0 | 25.9 |
| September | 90°F (32°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 7.5" | 0.0 | 17.5 |
| October | 86°F (30°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 3.3" | 0.0 | 7.0 |
| November | 80°F (27°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 1.3" | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| December | 77°F (25°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 1.8" | 0.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Ortona Lock runs from a mild 49°F around January 14 to 92°F at the peak near August 8, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 12 through September 10, covering 91 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 14.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is August 14, when 63% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is November 8 at 17%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 119 wet dates a year.
The widest day
February 21 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 Ortona Lock.
Where Ortona Lock Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 57 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 91 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
Ortona Lock earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
5.6 days with precipitation
5.7 days with precipitation
5.1 days with precipitation
5.9 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
17.2 days with precipitation
17.1 days with precipitation
19.7 days with precipitation
15.8 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
5.1 days with precipitation
5.8 days with precipitation
Ortona Lock runs a summer-peaked wet season
50% of Ortona Lock'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 10.3", on an unusually narrow 20.4°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 50% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: November at 1.3".
- Winter share: 10% 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 Ortona Lock, it arrives in quantity
57.1" of precipitation falls across only about 119 wet days here, averaging 0.48 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
- 0.48 inches
- Most wet days
- August, about 20
- Fewest wet days
- March, about 5
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 11
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
January 27
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
439
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
3,386
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside FL closest to Ortona Lock 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).
- Corpus Christi, TX 73°F · 0.0°F off
- Imperial, CA 73°F · 0.0°F off
- Robstown, TX 73°F · 0.1°F off
- Tacna, AZ 73°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (57.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Canton, MS 57.0" · 0.0" off
- Centre, AL 57.1" · 0.0" off
- Wildwood, TX 57.1" · 0.0" off
- Sparta, NC 57.1" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Ortona Lock's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · wet · low swing
Warm-season load persists through a relatively even calendar in Ortona Lock. Cooling totals 3,386 degree days, more than double the 439 heating measure, and the 20.4°F seasonal range is compact rather than sharply divided.
Warm-season demand is paired with a wet annual normal: 57.1 inches of precipitation at Ortona Lock. 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.
Ortona Lock's 20.4°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 73°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 Ortona Lock. 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 Ortona Lock'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 Ortona Lock 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 Ortona Lock's primary station: ORTONA LOCK 2 (USC00086657). 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 Ortona Lock; 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 Ortona Lock 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.