Lake Placid, FL
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from ARCHBOLD BIO STN, FL US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Lake Placid has an annual average temperature of 72.9°F with about 54.2 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is August (average high 93.4°F), and the coldest is January (average low 47.8°F). June is typically the wettest month (8.85 in) and November the driest (1.74 in).
Best time to visit Lake Placid
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →80 of 366 (21.9%) of Lake Placid'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.
| 1960s | 14 | |
| 1970s | 75 | |
| 1980s | 74 | |
| 1990s | 68 | |
| 2000s | 39 | |
| 2010s | 60 | |
| 2020s | 36 |
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 | 75.0°F | 47.8°F | 61.4°F | 2.18 in | — | 7 |
| February | 78.4°F | 50.0°F | 64.2°F | 2.25 in | — | 6 |
| March | 81.7°F | 52.4°F | 67.1°F | 2.87 in | — | 6 |
| April | 86.3°F | 57.1°F | 71.7°F | 2.54 in | — | 6 |
| May | 90.3°F | 62.2°F | 76.3°F | 4.36 in | — | 8 |
| June | 92.2°F | 68.7°F | 80.5°F | 8.85 in | — | 16 |
| July | 93.3°F | 70.1°F | 81.7°F | 8.34 in | — | 17 |
| August | 93.4°F | 70.9°F | 82.1°F | 8.49 in | — | 18 |
| September | 91.2°F | 70.2°F | 80.7°F | 7.17 in | — | 16 |
| October | 87.3°F | 64.2°F | 75.7°F | 3.41 in | — | 9 |
| November | 81.1°F | 56.6°F | 68.9°F | 1.74 in | — | 6 |
| December | 77.0°F | 51.9°F | 64.4°F | 2.03 in | — | 7 |
Climate twins of Lake Placid
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).