Fort Lauderdale, FL
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from FT LAUDERDALE BEACH, FL US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Fort Lauderdale has an annual average temperature of 76.9°F with about 64.3 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is August (average high 90.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 59.6°F). September is typically the wettest month (9.30 in) and January the driest (2.52 in).
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Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →184 of 366 (50.3%) of Fort Lauderdale's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1950s | 40 | |
| 1960s | 29 | |
| 1990s | 10 | |
| 2000s | 65 | |
| 2010s | 111 | |
| 2020s | 111 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 76.6°F | 59.6°F | 68.1°F | 2.52 in | — | 8 |
| February | 78.1°F | 61.4°F | 69.7°F | 3.30 in | — | 7 |
| March | 80.1°F | 63.8°F | 71.9°F | 3.20 in | — | 7 |
| April | 83.3°F | 68.3°F | 75.8°F | 3.51 in | — | 6 |
| May | 86.0°F | 72.3°F | 79.2°F | 6.32 in | — | 10 |
| June | 88.8°F | 75.7°F | 82.3°F | 7.99 in | — | 14 |
| July | 90.5°F | 76.5°F | 83.5°F | 6.05 in | — | 14 |
| August | 90.7°F | 77.0°F | 83.8°F | 7.25 in | — | 14 |
| September | 89.4°F | 76.5°F | 83.0°F | 9.30 in | — | 15 |
| October | 86.2°F | 73.6°F | 79.9°F | 7.65 in | — | 12 |
| November | 81.6°F | 67.6°F | 74.6°F | 4.17 in | — | 9 |
| December | 78.3°F | 63.3°F | 70.8°F | 2.99 in | — | 8 |
Climate twins of Fort Lauderdale
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).