Winter Haven Gilbert, FL Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Winter Haven Gilbert's primary NOAA station, WINTER HAVEN GILBERT AP.
The climate verdict for Winter Haven Gilbert
Warm-season cooling demand defines Winter Haven Gilbert, Florida, running at more than twice its heating total. The NOAA normal records an annual average of 75°F. July is the warmest month at 84°F and January the coldest at 62°F.
- 75°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 46.1"
- precipitation, annual total
Winter Haven Gilbert: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00012876 · Winter Haven Gilbert, FL 75°F mean · 46.1" precip
TEMP-HOT · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-NARROW · COMF-UNK · LOAD-COOL · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-HOT 75°F
- RANK-WARM #6,792
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ S Padre Island
- PRCP-MID 46.1"
- SWING-NARROW 22°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-COOL 3,929 CDD
- STN-1 USW00012876
- BOOK-FULL 5/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: S Padre Island, 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.
- Winter Haven Gi… (this station) 75°F
- Hot Fort Myers SW F…, FL 75°F
- Near S Padre Island, TX 75°F
- Cold Wfo Brownsville, TX 74°F
- Near Plant City, FL 74°F
Winter Haven Gilbert 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 · Winter Haven Gilbert
Winter Haven Gilbert: 66/100 · grade C
Winter Haven Gilbert publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Winter Haven Gilbert, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 74.6°F · 7.1° from 67.5°F | 78/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 46.1 in · 11.1 from 35 in | 61/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 131 calendar days | 58/100 · C |
Winter Haven Gilbert · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
Winter Haven Gilbert is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 62.2°F and warmest-month mean 84.1°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
- 84.1°F
- Coldest month
- 62.2°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 · cooling-led station
Where Winter Haven Gilbert sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Winter Haven Gilbert's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 1% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Winter Haven Gilbert sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 29% wettest
- Winter Haven Gilbert's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 96%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Winter Haven Gilbert 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 | 73°F (23°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 2.5" | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 76°F (24°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 2.4" | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| March | 80°F (27°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 3.0" | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| April | 85°F (29°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 2.5" | 0.0 | 3.9 |
| May | 90°F (32°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 2.7" | 0.0 | 16.2 |
| June | 92°F (33°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 7.4" | 0.0 | 22.3 |
| July | 93°F (34°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 84°F (29°C) | 7.4" | 0.0 | 25.5 |
| August | 93°F (34°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 84°F (29°C) | 6.5" | 0.0 | 25.6 |
| September | 91°F (33°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 5.3" | 0.0 | 19.8 |
| October | 86°F (30°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 2.2" | 0.0 | 6.8 |
| November | 80°F (26°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 1.4" | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| December | 74°F (24°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 2.7" | 0.3 | 0.1 |
The year, day by day
The year in Winter Haven Gilbert runs from a mild 52°F around January 13 to 93°F at the peak near July 26, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 17 through September 24, covering 131 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 52°F around January 13.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is August 4, when 60% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is April 19 at 21%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 128 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 23 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 22°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Winter Haven Gilbert.
Where Winter Haven Gilbert Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 131 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 22°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Winter Haven Gilbert earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
8.7 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
6.0 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
16.2 days with precipitation
17.6 days with precipitation
18.7 days with precipitation
14.3 days with precipitation
7.8 days with precipitation
7.0 days with precipitation
8.3 days with precipitation
Winter Haven Gilbert runs a summer-peaked wet season
46% of Winter Haven Gilbert'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 July at 7.4", on an unusually narrow 21.9°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: July, June, August, taking 46% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: November at 1.4".
- Winter share: 17% 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 Winter Haven Gilbert, it arrives in quantity
46.1" of precipitation falls across only about 128 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 128 a year, 35% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.36 inches
- Most wet days
- August, about 19
- Fewest wet days
- April, 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
January 10
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
January 15
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
421
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
3,929
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside FL closest to Winter Haven Gilbert 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 (75°F here).
- Laredo, TX 75°F · 0.0°F off
- Gila Bend, AZ 75°F · 0.1°F off
- Blythe, CA 74°F · 0.2°F off
- Raymondville, TX 74°F · 0.2°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (46.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Keene, NH 46.1" · 0.0" off
- Grayson, KY 46.1" · 0.0" off
- Moundsville, WV 46.1" · 0.0" off
- Siloam, GA 46.1" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Winter Haven Gilbert's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · wet · low swing
Warm-season load persists through a relatively even calendar in Winter Haven Gilbert. Cooling totals 3,929 degree days, more than double the 421 heating measure, and the 21.9°F seasonal range is compact rather than sharply divided.
Warm-season demand is paired with a wet annual normal: 46.1 inches of precipitation at Winter Haven Gilbert. 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.
Winter Haven Gilbert's 21.9°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 75°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 Winter Haven Gilbert. 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 Winter Haven Gilbert'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 Winter Haven Gilbert 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 Winter Haven Gilbert's primary station: WINTER HAVEN GILBERT AP (USW00012876). 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 Winter Haven Gilbert; 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 Winter Haven Gilbert 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.