Perry Foley, 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 Perry Foley's primary NOAA station, PERRY FOLEY AP.
The climate verdict for Perry Foley
Warm-season cooling demand defines Perry Foley, Florida, running at more than twice its heating total. The NOAA normal records an annual average of 69°F. It scores 85/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 85% of them.
- 69°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 85/100
- comfort score, above 85% of station-mapped location scores
- 51.4"
- yearly precipitation total
- 265 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Perry Foley: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00053862 · Perry Foley, FL 69°F mean · 51.4" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-NARROW · COMF-TOP · LOAD-COOL · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 69°F
- RANK-WARM #6,449
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bay City Wtr Wks
- PRCP-WET 51.4"
- SWING-NARROW 28°F
- COMF-TOP 85/100
- LOAD-COOL 2,733 CDD
- STN-1 USW00053862
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Bay City Wtr Wks, TX ( -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.
- Perry Foley (this station) 69°F
- Cold Glen St Mary, FL 69°F
- Hot Apalachicola, FL 69°F
- Near Bay City Wtr Wks, TX 69°F
- Near Franklin, LA 69°F
Perry Foley 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 · Perry Foley
Perry Foley: 80/100 · grade B
Perry Foley publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Perry Foley, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 85/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 68.9°F · 1.4° from 67.5°F | 94/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 265 days/year | 93/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 72 calendar days | 85/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 51.4 in · 16.4 from 35 in | 42/100 · D |
Perry Foley · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Perry Foley is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 53.8°F and warmest-month mean 82.2°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
- 82.2°F
- Coldest month
- 53.8°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 Perry Foley sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Perry Foley's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 6% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Perry Foley sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 16% wettest
- Perry Foley's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 92%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Perry Foley is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Perry Foley compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Perry Foley's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
85 Top 15% score exceeds 85% 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%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66°F (19°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 3.7" | 9.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 70°F (21°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.4" | 5.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 75°F (24°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 4.6" | 1.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 80°F (27°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 3.6" | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| May | 87°F (31°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 3.8" | 0.0 | 8.3 |
| June | 90°F (32°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 6.5" | 0.0 | 17.7 |
| July | 92°F (33°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 6.7" | 0.0 | 22.0 |
| August | 91°F (33°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 6.8" | 0.0 | 21.3 |
| September | 89°F (32°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 5.2" | 0.0 | 13.9 |
| October | 83°F (28°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 2.0" | 0.1 | 2.4 |
| November | 74°F (23°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 1.9" | 1.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 68°F (20°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 3.2" | 7.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Perry Foley runs from a mild 41°F around January 10 to 93°F at the peak near July 21, 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 August 29, covering 72 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs February 17 to December 5.
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 41°F around January 10.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is August 6, when 56% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is November 8 at 26%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 141 wet dates a year.
The widest day
March 2 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 Perry Foley.
Where Perry Foley Stands Nationally
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 72 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 51 inches.
Perry Foley earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
10.4 days with precipitation
10.7 days with precipitation
10.4 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
10.6 days with precipitation
15.6 days with precipitation
16.5 days with precipitation
17.5 days with precipitation
12.9 days with precipitation
9.7 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
Perry Foley runs a summer-peaked wet season
39% of Perry Foley'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 August at 6.8", on an unusually narrow 28.4°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: August, July, June, taking 39% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: November at 1.9".
- Winter share: 20% 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 Perry Foley, it arrives in quantity
51.4" of precipitation falls across only about 141 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 141 a year, 39% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.36 inches
- Most wet days
- August, about 18
- Fewest wet days
- November, about 8
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
November 25
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 5
50% probability date
Growing Season
265 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,292
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,733
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside FL closest to Perry Foley 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 (69°F here).
- Arizona City, AZ 69°F · 0.0°F off
- La Grange, TX 69°F · 0.0°F off
- Brackettville, TX 69°F · 0.1°F off
- Lake Arthur, LA 69°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (51.4" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Marshall, TX 51.3" · 0.0" off
- Huntsville, TX 51.3" · 0.0" off
- Sanford, ME 51.3" · 0.0" off
- Walterboro, SC 51.4" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Perry Foley's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · wet · low swing
Warm-season load persists through a relatively even calendar in Perry Foley. Cooling totals 2,733 degree days, more than double the 1,292 heating measure, and the 28.4°F seasonal range is compact rather than sharply divided.
Warm-season demand is paired with a wet annual normal: 51.4 inches of precipitation at Perry Foley. 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.
Perry Foley's 28.4°F seasonal spread is compact even though precipitation is abundant. July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 69°F. Temperature is relatively steady; the monthly rows show how rain and snow observations vary across the calendar.
The frost-free window extends for about 265 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 Perry Foley'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 Perry Foley 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 Perry Foley's primary station: PERRY FOLEY AP (USW00053862). 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 Perry Foley; 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 Perry Foley 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.