Tallahassee, FL Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Tallahassee's primary NOAA station, TALLAHASSEE - 2 stations mapped to the area.
The climate verdict for Tallahassee
Water is the standout signal in Tallahassee, Florida: 58.8 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 68°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.
- 68°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 85/100
- comfort score, above 85% of station-mapped location scores
- 58.8"
- precipitation, annual total
- 255 days
- frost-free growing season
Tallahassee: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00093805 · Tallahassee, FL 68°F mean · 58.8" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-MULTI · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 68°F
- RANK-WARM #6,381
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Austin Bergstrom
- PRCP-WET 58.8"
- SWING-MID 30°F
- COMF-TOP 85/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-MULTI USW00093805
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Austin Bergstrom, 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.
- Tallahassee (this station) 68°F
- Hot Marrero, LA 68°F
- Near Austin Bergstrom, TX 68°F
- Near Green Valley, AZ 68°F
- Near Gulfport Naval…, MS 68°F
Tallahassee 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 · Tallahassee
Tallahassee: 62/100 · grade C
Tallahassee publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals · NOAA hourly normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Tallahassee, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 85/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 68.4°F · 0.9° from 67.5°F | 96/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 255 days/year | 91/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 97 calendar days | 77/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 58.8 in · 23.8 from 35 in | 16/100 · F |
| Summer moisture balance | 71.9°F mean dew point | 7/100 · F |
Tallahassee · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Tallahassee is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 52.2°F and warmest-month mean 82.5°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
- 82.5°F
- Coldest month
- 52.2°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 Tallahassee sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Tallahassee's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 7% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Tallahassee sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 6% wettest
- Tallahassee's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 90%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Tallahassee is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Tallahassee compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Tallahassee'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
Tallahassee's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 72 complete annual observations from 1950 to 2025, TALLAHASSEE warmed at a fitted rate of 0.17°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Tallahassee primary station fitted change +0.17 °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 | 64°F (18°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 4.4" | N/A | 9.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 68°F (20°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 4.3" | N/A | 5.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 74°F (23°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 5.2" | N/A | 2.1 | 0.0 |
| April | 80°F (27°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 3.5" | N/A | 0.2 | 1.4 |
| May | 87°F (31°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 3.4" | N/A | 0.0 | 12.9 |
| June | 91°F (33°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 7.8" | N/A | 0.0 | 20.1 |
| July | 92°F (33°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 7.1" | N/A | 0.0 | 24.8 |
| August | 92°F (33°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 7.6" | N/A | 0.0 | 23.8 |
| September | 89°F (31°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 4.9" | N/A | 0.0 | 16.6 |
| October | 82°F (28°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 3.2" | N/A | 0.1 | 3.0 |
| November | 73°F (23°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 3.1" | N/A | 2.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 66°F (19°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 4.2" | N/A | 7.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Tallahassee runs from a mild 40°F around January 10 to 92°F at the peak near July 19, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 2 through September 6, covering 97 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs February 24 to November 24.
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 40°F around January 10.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 19, when 54% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 25 at 19%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 115 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 23 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 Tallahassee.
Where Tallahassee Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 97 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 59 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Tallahassee 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
8.9 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
6.7 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
14.3 days with precipitation
16.4 days with precipitation
14.8 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
5.9 days with precipitation
6.3 days with precipitation
8.3 days with precipitation
Tallahassee runs a summer-peaked wet season
38% of Tallahassee'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 7.8", on a 30.3°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 38% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: November at 3.1".
- Winter share: 22% 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 Tallahassee, it arrives in quantity
58.8" of precipitation falls across only about 114 wet days here, averaging 0.51 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 114 a year, 31% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.51 inches
- Most wet days
- July, about 16
- 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 21
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 11
50% probability date
Growing Season
255 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,473
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,758
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Humidity & Wind
Monthly averages from hourly observations
| Month | Humidity | Wind (mph) | Clear Sky % | Overcast % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69% | 5.9 | 36% | 30% |
| February | 67% | 6.5 | 35% | 29% |
| March | 67% | 6.3 | 37% | 19% |
| April | 66% | 6.1 | 38% | 14% |
| May | 70% | 5.6 | 38% | 13% |
| June | 76% | 4.6 | 34% | 11% |
| July | 78% | 4.3 | 31% | 8% |
| August | 75% | 5.2 | 28% | 10% |
| September | 72% | 5.8 | 34% | 17% |
| October | 71% | 5.3 | 45% | 15% |
| November | 73% | 5.1 | 42% | 21% |
| December | 73% | 5.8 | 37% | 29% |
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside FL closest to Tallahassee 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 (68°F here).
- Green Valley, AZ 68°F · 0.0°F off
- Marrero, LA 68°F · 0.0°F off
- Trona, CA 68°F · 0.0°F off
- Yucca, AZ 68°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (58.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Kingston, TN 58.8" · 0.0" off
- Corinth, MS 58.8" · 0.0" off
- Lake Providence, LA 58.8" · 0.0" off
- Bayboro, NC 58.8" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Tallahassee's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Tallahassee averages 58.8 inches of precipitation a year. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. 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 Tallahassee's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 30.3°F. The annual average is 68°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Tallahassee's normal, at 1,473 and 2,758 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 255 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 Tallahassee'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 Tallahassee, 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 Tallahassee's primary station: TALLAHASSEE (USW00093805). 2 NOAA stations are mapped to the Tallahassee area; the primary station's record is used for consistency. 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 1270600). Match rule for Tallahassee: 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 Tallahassee 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.