Tallahassee climate

Name: Tallahassee
Address: US

Tallahassee is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 7.1 °C. August is the wettest month (152 mm) and November the driest (59 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Tallahassee averages 1,181 mm of rain, 202 days above 25 °C and 7 days below freezing.

United States · 62 m elevation · population 201,731 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 32 °C
Coldest month January 7.1 °C
Driest month November 59 mm
Wettest month August 152 mm
Least cloud October 45 % cloud
Hottest on record August 38 °C
Coldest on record February -6.5 °C

What to expectTallahassee through the year

Tallahassee has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in January to 32 °C in July, a swing of 16 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 202 days a year reach 25 °C, 100 of them reach 30 °C, 7 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 152 mm against 59 mm in November — 2.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	16.7 °C	100 mm	56 %
February	18.7 °C	85 mm	54 %
March	21.8 °C	109 mm	51 %
April	25.3 °C	75 mm	48 %
May	29.6 °C	63 mm	48 %
June	31.2 °C	138 mm	57 %
July	31.6 °C	141 mm	61 %
August	31.1 °C	152 mm	61 %
September	29.8 °C	104 mm	55 %
October	26.3 °C	71 mm	45 %
November	21.4 °C	59 mm	45 %
December	17.9 °C	83 mm	55 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	16.7 °C	7.1 °C	11.2 °C	25.4 °C	-5.4 °C	0	0	4
February	18.7 °C	8.5 °C	12.9 °C	27.2 °C	-6.5 °C	1	0	1
March	21.8 °C	11.0 °C	15.9 °C	31.6 °C	-3.2 °C	7	0	0
April	25.3 °C	14.2 °C	19.4 °C	33.3 °C	3.8 °C	17	1	0
May	29.6 °C	18.3 °C	23.6 °C	37.2 °C	7.7 °C	29	14	0
June	31.2 °C	21.9 °C	26.0 °C	38.2 °C	14.4 °C	30	20	0
July	31.6 °C	23.1 °C	26.8 °C	38.0 °C	17.5 °C	31	24	0
August	31.1 °C	23.1 °C	26.4 °C	38.3 °C	17.4 °C	31	22	0
September	29.8 °C	21.3 °C	25.0 °C	37.2 °C	11.3 °C	29	15	0
October	26.3 °C	16.6 °C	20.9 °C	35.4 °C	2.2 °C	22	3	0
November	21.4 °C	11.5 °C	15.8 °C	29.7 °C	-2.0 °C	5	0	0
December	17.9 °C	8.7 °C	12.6 °C	26.3 °C	-4.8 °C	1	0	2

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	100 mm	8	10 h/day	56 %	74 %	15 km/h
February	85 mm	8	11 h/day	54 %	74 %	15 km/h
March	109 mm	9	12 h/day	51 %	72 %	15 km/h
April	75 mm	7	13 h/day	48 %	70 %	15 km/h
May	63 mm	9	14 h/day	48 %	69 %	13 km/h
June	138 mm	17	14 h/day	57 %	78 %	12 km/h
July	141 mm	20	14 h/day	61 %	81 %	11 km/h
August	152 mm	20	13 h/day	61 %	83 %	11 km/h
September	104 mm	12	12 h/day	55 %	78 %	12 km/h
October	71 mm	7	11 h/day	45 %	73 %	13 km/h
November	59 mm	6	11 h/day	45 %	72 %	14 km/h
December	83 mm	7	10 h/day	55 %	76 %	14 km/h

How Tallahassee compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Tallahassee	32 °C	7.1 °C	1,181 mm	202
Columbus · United States	33 °C	4.2 °C	1,148 mm	182
Jacksonville · United States	32 °C	9.1 °C	1,057 mm	207
Montgomery · United States	33 °C	4.3 °C	1,158 mm	183

Where Tallahassee ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in North America in March	32ndof 50	90/100
Places with the best weather in North America in April	37thof 50	90/100
Places with the best weather in North America in November	46thof 50	94/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Tallahassee.

QuestionsCommon questions about Tallahassee’s climate

When is the best time to visit Tallahassee?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and November the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Tallahassee get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 100 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 7.1 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 7 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Tallahassee?

August, averaging 152 mm over 20 days with rain. The driest month is November with 59 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,181 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Tallahassee rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.