Tallahassee, Florida climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Tallahassee's normal year runs from 41°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 58.8 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 20.2°C, January lows of 5°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,494 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationTallahassee Regional Airport
- Station IDUSW00093805
- Location30.40°N 84.33°W
- Elevation63 ft (19 m)
- From the center6 miles
- Population205,089
On October 23, the normal high in Tallahassee is 80°F and the normal low 56°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 19%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Tallahassee.
- Jan 64° 41°
- Feb 68° 44°
- Mar 74° 49°
- Apr 80° 54°
- May 87° 63°
- Jun 91° 71°
- Jul 92° 73°
- Aug 92° 73°
- Sep 89° 70°
- Oct 82° 59°
- Nov 73° 48°
- Dec 66° 43°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Tallahassee each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 41°F. The most precipitation falls in June (7.76 in), the least in November (3.10 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64°F | 41°F | 52.2°F | 4.41 | 9 | <1 | 10 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 68°F | 44°F | 55.6°F | 4.28 | 8 | <1 | 5 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 74°F | 49°F | 61.4°F | 5.24 | 8 | <1 | 2 | 12 h |
| April | 80°F | 54°F | 67.3°F | 3.53 | 7 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 87°F | 63°F | 75.2°F | 3.36 | 8 | 13 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 91°F | 71°F | 80.8°F | 7.76 | 14 | 20 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 92°F | 73°F | 82.5°F | 7.14 | 16 | 25 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 92°F | 73°F | 82.4°F | 7.60 | 15 | 24 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 89°F | 70°F | 79.1°F | 4.91 | 9 | 17 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 82°F | 59°F | 70.3°F | 3.24 | 6 | 3 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 73°F | 48°F | 60.2°F | 3.10 | 6 | <1 | 2 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 66°F | 43°F | 54.4°F | 4.24 | 8 | <1 | 7 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 80°F | 57°F | 68.4°F | 58.81 | 114 | 103 | 27 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18°C | 5°C | 11.2°C | 112 mm |
| February | 20°C | 6°C | 13.1°C | 109 mm |
| March | 23°C | 9°C | 16.3°C | 133 mm |
| April | 27°C | 12°C | 19.6°C | 90 mm |
| May | 31°C | 17°C | 24.0°C | 85 mm |
| June | 33°C | 22°C | 27.1°C | 197 mm |
| July | 33°C | 23°C | 28.1°C | 181 mm |
| August | 33°C | 23°C | 28.0°C | 193 mm |
| September | 31°C | 21°C | 26.2°C | 125 mm |
| October | 28°C | 15°C | 21.3°C | 82 mm |
| November | 23°C | 9°C | 15.7°C | 79 mm |
| December | 19°C | 6°C | 12.4°C | 108 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. Tallahassee's own co-op station Tallahassee Airport does: 0 inches of snow in a normal year (see the other stations below).
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00093805; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Tallahassee?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in February, March, April, October, November and December. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (6).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00093805.
When is the last frost in Tallahassee?
In Tallahassee, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 11 in half of years and after March 30 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 21 in half of years and before November 3 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- March 111 year in 10 after March 30; 9 in 10 after February 18
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 211 year in 10 before November 3; 9 in 10 before December 14
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 255 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 290 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 25 in half of springs and before December 6 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Tallahassee in zone 9a across its 11 ZIP code areas (9a in 32309, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Tallahassee's NOAA station is in zone 9a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 20°F (30 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Florida · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00093805; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
What hardiness zone is each Tallahassee ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Tallahassee's 11 ZIP code areas are all in zone 9a. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in Tallahassee?
In a normal year in Tallahassee, 103 days a year reach 90°F (3 of them 100°F or more), 27 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 114 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 103a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 27a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 114a normal year
The highest temperature in Tallahassee's official record (kept by the National Weather Service since 1892) is 105°F, on June 15, 2011; the lowest is −2°F, on February 13, 1899.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1964, with 104.18 in; the snowiest season is 1957–58, with 2.8 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00093805; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), NWS threaded record TLHthr. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How humid and windy is Tallahassee, and how clear are its skies?
The summer (June-August) dew point averages 72°F. The muggiest month is July, with an average dew point of 73°F, above the 65°F at which most people call the air sticky; the driest air comes in January (42°F). February is the windiest month (6.5 mph on average), and October has the most clear or nearly clear hours (61%).
| Month | Dew point | Humidity | Afternoon humidity | Wind | Clear or few clouds | Overcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F | 69% | 46% | 5.9 mph | 49% | 30% |
| February | 47°F | 67% | 43% | 6.5 mph | 48% | 29% |
| March | 52°F | 67% | 42% | 6.3 mph | 53% | 19% |
| April | 58°F | 66% | 42% | 6.1 mph | 56% | 14% |
| May | 67°F | 70% | 49% | 5.6 mph | 54% | 13% |
| June | 72°F | 76% | 57% | 4.6 mph | 51% | 11% |
| July | 73°F | 78% | 60% | 4.3 mph | 51% | 8% |
| August | 71°F | 75% | 55% | 5.2 mph | 47% | 10% |
| September | 65°F | 72% | 50% | 5.8 mph | 52% | 17% |
| October | 54°F | 71% | 46% | 5.3 mph | 61% | 15% |
| November | 47°F | 73% | 48% | 5.1 mph | 56% | 21% |
| December | 44°F | 73% | 51% | 5.8 mph | 48% | 29% |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 hourly normals, station USW00093805. Monthly averages of all hours; afternoon humidity at 3 p.m. local standard time; sky as the share of hours NOAA's observations rate clear or few clouds (a dash where NOAA publishes no sky value).
How sunny is Tallahassee?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Tallahassee, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. May is the sunniest month (83%) and February the cloudiest (73%). Among the 459 U.S. places of 50,000 or more, that ranks tied 176th (with 33 others) in sunshine.
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 76% | 3.1 |
| February | 73% | 3.7 |
| March | 78% | 4.9 |
| April | 81% | 6.0 |
| May | 83% | 6.5 |
| June | 77% | 6.0 |
| July | 78% | 5.9 |
| August | 77% | 5.4 |
| September | 79% | 5.0 |
| October | 82% | 4.4 |
| November | 82% | 3.5 |
| December | 75% | 2.8 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Tallahassee need?
A normal year in Tallahassee brings 1,473 heating degree days, 73% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,758 cooling degree days, 3.0 times the median (908). Two months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 6,971 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 405 | 8 |
| February | 275 | 14 |
| March | 163 | 51 |
| April | 52 | 121 |
| May | 4 | 320 |
| June | 0 | 474 |
| July | 0 | 544 |
| August | 0 | 538 |
| September | 0 | 423 |
| October | 39 | 202 |
| November | 190 | 47 |
| December | 345 | 16 |
| Year (annual) | 1,473 | 2,758 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00093805. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Tallahassee been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 69.3°F, 0.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 68.4°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 68.9°F | +0.5°F | 48.63 |
| 2022 | 69.1°F | +0.7°F | 58.39 |
| 2023 | 71.1°F | +2.7°F | 60.02 |
| 2024 | 71.0°F | +2.6°F | 62.46 |
| 2025 | 69.3°F | +0.9°F | 45.41 |
Over 72 complete years from 1950 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.1°F per century (+0.17°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00093805; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Tallahassee's climate compare?
Tallahassee is warmer than 15 of the other 105 places with their own NOAA record in Florida, and wetter than 76. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 68.4°F is warmer than 94%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Tallahassee is Cfa: temperate, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Tallahassee share this climate record?
5 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Crawfordville, FL5,892 people · 14 mi S
- Woodville, FL4,109 people · 7 mi SE
- Chaires, FL676 people · 12 mi E
- St. Marks, FL312 people · 18 mi SE
- Capitola, FL306 people · 15 mi E
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
What do Tallahassee's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Tallahassee. This page uses Tallahassee Regional Airport; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From the center | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tallahassee Airport USC00088756 | 7 mi SW | 55 ft | 68.0°F | 38°F | 93°F | 59.8 | 0 | March 14 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Tallahassee's climate
What is the coldest month in Tallahassee?
January, with a normal high of 64°F and a normal low of 41°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow in Tallahassee?
Rarely. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Tallahassee's NOAA station; Tallahassee's own co-op station Tallahassee Airport records 0 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Tallahassee?
June, with 7.76 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 3.10 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Tallahassee in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Tallahassee in zone 9a across its 11 ZIP code areas (9a in 32309, the largest). By the same method at Tallahassee's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 20°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 9a.
How late can frost come in Tallahassee?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 11; in one year in ten it comes after March 30. Waiting until March 30 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Tallahassee in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Florida climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Quincy, FL19 miles from this station, 67.4°F a year
- Panacea, FL29 miles from this station, 67.8°F a year
- Monticello, FL33 miles from this station, 67.2°F a year
- Cairo, GA34 miles from this station, 66.5°F a year
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