Fort Lauderdale, FL

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from FT LAUDERDALE BEACH, FL US.

Af Tropical rainforest climate 11a USDA hardiness Zone 11a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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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).

Pleasant months
3 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
15.7°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
0
Cooling need
4,278

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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

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