Lake City, FL

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from LAKE CITY 2 E, FL US.

Cfa Humid subtropical climate 9b USDA hardiness Zone 9b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J F M A M J J A S O N D
Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Lake City has an annual average temperature of 67.2°F with about 54 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 89.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 40.9°F). June is typically the wettest month (7.55 in) and November the driest (1.91 in).

Pleasant months
2 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
27.9°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
1,257
Cooling need
2,052

Best time to visit Lake City

Full guide →

Climate change signal

All-time records →

6 of 366 (1.6%) of Lake City'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.

1890s
22
1900s
43
1910s
62
1920s
48
1930s
44
1940s
27
1950s
41
1960s
25
1970s
7
1980s
24
1990s
11
2000s
4
2010s
2
2020s
6

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 63.2°F 40.9°F 52.1°F 4.27 in 11
February 67.0°F 44.0°F 55.5°F 3.23 in 9
March 73.1°F 48.6°F 60.8°F 4.29 in 9
April 78.7°F 54.5°F 66.6°F 3.55 in 7
May 85.2°F 61.6°F 73.4°F 3.47 in 7
June 88.3°F 68.1°F 78.2°F 7.55 in 15
July 89.7°F 70.3°F 80.0°F 7.16 in 16
August 88.8°F 70.4°F 79.6°F 7.28 in 17
September 86.0°F 67.3°F 76.6°F 5.86 in 12
October 79.4°F 58.6°F 69.0°F 2.50 in 8
November 71.3°F 49.1°F 60.2°F 1.91 in 7
December 65.5°F 43.5°F 54.5°F 2.91 in 10

Climate twins of Lake City

Why these? →

The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).

Frost dates
Last spring / first fall frost
All-time records
Hottest, coldest, wettest
Planting calendar
What to plant, and when

Compare Lake City to another city