Short answer: Tallahassee summers average a 92.1 degree high in July and winters a 40.5 degree low in January, with 58.81 inches of rain in a normal year and June to August the three wettest months. The airport station has run dry lately: 45.41 inches fell in 2025, and March and April 2026 brought 1.61 and 0.41 inches. Records run from 105 degrees in 2011 to minus 2 in 1899, and the average first freeze is November 16.
Last verified: October 19, 2026, against the sources listed at the end of this page.
What is the weather like in Tallahassee through the year?
Tallahassee averages a 92.1 degree high in July and a 40.5 degree low in January, and June is its wettest month at 7.76 inches, in the 1991-2020 normals for the airport station (ACIS 1991-2020 monthly normals, USW00093805).
| Month | Average high (F) | Average low (F) | Precipitation (inches) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63.9 | 40.5 | 4.41 |
| February | 67.8 | 43.5 | 4.28 |
| March | 74.2 | 48.6 | 5.24 |
| April | 80.2 | 54.4 | 3.53 |
| May | 87.4 | 63.0 | 3.36 |
| June | 90.8 | 70.8 | 7.76 |
| July | 92.1 | 73.0 | 7.14 |
| August | 91.5 | 73.2 | 7.60 |
| September | 88.6 | 69.6 | 4.91 |
| October | 81.7 | 58.8 | 3.24 |
| November | 72.5 | 48.0 | 3.10 |
| December | 65.9 | 42.9 | 4.24 |
Source for the table: ACIS 1991-2020 monthly normals, USW00093805. The station's annual normal precipitation is 58.81 inches (ACIS 2025 annual summary, USW00093805). Summer, June through August, carries the three wettest months, each above 7 inches, while October and November are the driest, at 3.24 and 3.10 inches (ACIS 1991-2020 monthly normals, USW00093805). ACIS names the station TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AP (ACIS 1991-2020 monthly normals, USW00093805), while the National Weather Service's Helene summary lists the same coordinates as Tallahassee International Airport (NWS Tallahassee Hurricane Helene summary). The seasonal patterns guide explains the two rainy seasons and the dry fall in more depth.
How wet has Tallahassee been in 2025 and 2026?
Drier than normal: the Tallahassee airport station measured 45.41 inches of rain in 2025, against a normal of 58.81 inches (ACIS 2025 annual summary, USW00093805).
Most of the 2025 shortfall came in the fall. The Tallahassee station logged 0.54 inches in September 2025, 0.95 in October and 0.10 in November, against normals of 4.91, 3.24 and 3.10 inches (ACIS monthly observations, USW00093805, January 2025 to September 2026; ACIS 1991-2020 monthly normals, USW00093805). June 2025 ran the other way, with 10.37 inches against a 7.76 inch normal (ACIS monthly observations, USW00093805, January 2025 to September 2026).
The dry run carried into spring 2026, when Tallahassee measured 1.61 inches in March and 0.41 in April, against normals of 5.24 and 3.53 (ACIS monthly observations, USW00093805, January 2025 to September 2026; ACIS 1991-2020 monthly normals, USW00093805). Summer 2026 came in below the normal monthly totals too, with 5.20 inches in June, 6.13 in July and 5.99 in August, and September 2026 brought 2.09 inches (ACIS monthly observations, USW00093805, January 2025 to September 2026). The 2025 extremes at the station were a high of 98 and a low of 20 degrees (ACIS 2025 annual summary, USW00093805). These are the station totals as served by ACIS on October 18, 2026.
What are Tallahassee's hottest, coldest and wettest records?
Tallahassee's hottest reading is 105 degrees on June 15, 2011, and its coldest is minus 2 on February 13, 1899, though the coldest at today's airport site is 6 degrees on January 21, 1985 (NWS Tallahassee weather extremes).
The National Weather Service keeps two sets of records because the observing site moved: the current site at the airport dates from March 29, 1961, observations were taken at Dale Mabry Field back to March 1940, and before that at downtown Tallahassee locations from April 1885 (NWS Tallahassee weather extremes). In the airport era, the wettest year was 1964 with 104.18 inches and the driest 2011 with 34.81, and the wettest 24 hours brought 10.13 inches on June 11-12, 2001; in the separate miscellaneous records kept since 1945, the highest gust was 83 mph on September 11, 1990 (NWS Tallahassee weather extremes).
Several heat records are recent. The hottest year on the airport record is 2015, at a 71.8 degree average, the hottest month August 2023 at 86.4, and the hottest summer 2024 at 84.9 (NWS Tallahassee weather extremes). The most days at or above 100 degrees in one year is 16, in 1998 (NWS Tallahassee weather extremes).
The hot season can start early and end late in Tallahassee. The earliest 100 degree day at the airport was May 26, 2012, and the latest was September 18, 2019, at 101 degrees; the earliest 90 degree day was March 15, 1967, and the latest October 31, 2016 (NWS Tallahassee weather extremes). At the dry end of the record, September 2019, October 1987, May 1965 and October 1961 each brought only a trace of rain, and the driest fall on the airport record, September through November 1991, totaled 2.73 inches (NWS Tallahassee weather extremes). The two sources sit side by side without matching: ACIS lists 0.54, 0.95 and 0.10 inches for September, October and November 2025 at the Tallahassee station (ACIS monthly observations, USW00093805, January 2025 to September 2026), while the NWS extremes table read on the same day still names 1991 as the driest fall (NWS Tallahassee weather extremes). Both are reported as published.
When does Tallahassee get its first freeze and its rare snow?
The average first freeze at the Tallahassee airport comes on November 16 and the average last freeze on March 19 (NWS Tallahassee weather extremes).
The earliest freeze on the airport record was October 18, 1977, and the latest was April 23, 1993; the most freezes in a year was 64, in 2010, which also had the most hard freezes, 24, with a hard freeze defined as 25 degrees or less (NWS Tallahassee weather extremes). The fewest freezes was 10, in 2017 (NWS Tallahassee weather extremes).
The most recent snowfall in the NWS record came in January 2025. The January 21-22, 2025 storm left 1.9 inches at Tallahassee, the greatest snowfall at the airport site, while the earlier site record is 2.8 inches on February 12-13, 1958 (NWS Tallahassee weather extremes). The NWS storm summary calls the 2025 total the second highest two day total on record after the 1958 storm, and notes widespread hard freezes for several nights after the snow (NWS Tallahassee January 2025 winter storm summary). The snow guide covers 1958, 2018 and 2025 in detail.
The 2025 storm also shut roads around Tallahassee: the NWS summary describes the closure of a 70 mile stretch of Interstate 10 in Florida on the night of the snowfall, January 21, and a closure of nearly 200 miles once melted snow and ice refroze (NWS Tallahassee January 2025 winter storm summary).
Which Tallahassee daily records fell in 2026?
The National Weather Service daily records table for Tallahassee lists nine records set in 2026, seven of them highs, the latest a 90 degree reading on October 13 (NWS Tallahassee daily normals and records).
| Date | Record | Normal high and low for the date |
|---|---|---|
| January 7 | High of 80 | 64 and 40 |
| February 2 | Low of 18 | 65 and 42 |
| February 21 | High of 84 | 69 and 45 |
| March 9 | High of 88 | 73 and 47 |
| May 15 | Low of 51 | 88 and 63 |
| July 29 | High of 101 | 92 and 73 |
| August 17 | High of 100 | 92 and 73 |
| August 18 | High of 100 | 92 and 73 |
| October 13 | High of 90 | 83 and 60 |
Source for the table: NWS Tallahassee daily normals and records. The page shows normals from the 1991-2020 climatology and gives the most recent year for each record, noting that some Tallahassee records were reached in more than one year, so a 2026 entry can be a tie with an earlier year (NWS Tallahassee daily normals and records). The NWS Tallahassee office that keeps the table is at 1017 Academic Way, in the Love Building on the FSU campus, phone 850-942-8833 (NWS Tallahassee daily normals and records).
What recent storms have hit Tallahassee?
Two 2024 events have their own National Weather Service Tallahassee summaries: the May 10 tornadoes that crossed Tallahassee and Leon County, and Hurricane Helene in September (NWS Tallahassee May 10, 2024 tornado summary; NWS Tallahassee Hurricane Helene summary).
On the morning of May 10, 2024, an intense squall line spawned at least 5 tornadoes, including several in Leon County and the Tallahassee area, and by one City of Tallahassee metric, broken power poles, the damage met or exceeded Hermine, Michael and Idalia combined (NWS Tallahassee May 10, 2024 tornado summary). The NWS estimated EF-2 intensity of 115 mph in a couple of spots between Blountstown Highway and Cactus Street (NWS Tallahassee May 10, 2024 tornado summary).
Hurricane Helene made landfall as a category 4 storm with 140 mph maximum sustained winds just east of the mouth of the Aucilla River, about 10 miles west southwest of Perry, around 11:10 pm EDT on September 26, 2024; the highest gust at Tallahassee International Airport was 58.2 mph on September 27 (NWS Tallahassee Hurricane Helene summary). The Helene, Hermine, tornado and historical storm guides cover each event, and the hurricane season guide covers preparation.
Which Tallahassee weather guide answers which question?
Seven Tallahassee weather guides each take one season or storm; the table matches each to its question.
| Question | Guide |
|---|---|
| When are the rainy seasons, the dry fall and the first freeze? | Seasonal patterns guide |
| What tropical hazards does inland Tallahassee face each hurricane season? | Hurricane season guide |
| Which tropical cyclones, tornadoes and floods have hit Tallahassee before? | Historical storm impacts guide |
| How did Hurricane Helene affect Tallahassee in 2024? | Hurricane Helene 2024 guide |
| Why did Hurricane Hermine darken Leon County in 2016? | Hurricane Hermine 2016 guide |
| Where did the May 10, 2024 tornadoes track? | May 10, 2024 tornadoes guide |
| How often does it snow in Tallahassee? | Snow in Tallahassee guide |
Last verified: October 18, 2026, by pulling fresh ACIS queries for station USW00093805 (1991-2020 normals, monthly totals through September 2026 and the 2025 annual summary) and re-reading the NWS Tallahassee records, extremes, Helene, tornado and winter storm pages.
Frequently asked questions
How much rain does Tallahassee get in a year?
The 1991-2020 normal at the Tallahassee airport station is 58.81 inches a year. The station measured 45.41 inches in 2025, per ACIS.
What is the hottest temperature ever recorded in Tallahassee?
105 degrees on June 15, 2011, at the airport site, according to the NWS Tallahassee extremes page.
When is the first freeze in Tallahassee?
On average November 16, with the average last freeze on March 19, per NWS Tallahassee. The earliest freeze on the airport record was October 18, 1977.
Does it snow in Tallahassee?
It has: the airport site recorded 1.9 inches on January 21-22, 2025, its greatest snowfall; the earlier site record is 2.8 inches on February 12-13, 1958.
What is the wettest month in Tallahassee?
June, with a 1991-2020 normal of 7.76 inches, followed by August at 7.60 and July at 7.14, per ACIS normals for station USW00093805.
Sources
- ACIS StnData, USW00093805 monthly 1991-2020 normals (NOAA RCC ACIS) https://data.rcc-acis.org/StnData?params=%7B%22sid%22%3A%22USW00093805%22%2C%22sdate%22%3A%222020-01%22%2C%22edate%22%3A%222020-12%22%2C%22elems%22%3A%5B%7B%22name%22%3A%22maxt%22%2C%22interval%22%3A%22mly%22%2C%22duration%22%3A%22mly%22%2C%22reduce%22%3A%22mean%22%2C%22normal%22%3A%2291%22%7D%2C%7B%22name%22%3A%22mint%22%2C%22interval%22%3A%22mly%22%2C%22duration%22%3A%22mly%22%2C%22reduce%22%3A%22mean%22%2C%22normal%22%3A%2291%22%7D%2C%7B%22name%22%3A%22pcpn%22%2C%22interval%22%3A%22mly%22%2C%22duration%22%3A%22mly%22%2C%22reduce%22%3A%22sum%22%2C%22normal%22%3A%2291%22%7D%5D%7D Used for: monthly normal highs, lows, precipitation
- ACIS StnData, USW00093805 monthly observations Jan 2025 to Sep 2026 (NOAA RCC ACIS) https://data.rcc-acis.org/StnData?params=%7B%22sid%22%3A%22USW00093805%22%2C%22sdate%22%3A%222025-01%22%2C%22edate%22%3A%222026-09%22%2C%22elems%22%3A%5B%7B%22name%22%3A%22pcpn%22%2C%22interval%22%3A%22mly%22%2C%22duration%22%3A%22mly%22%2C%22reduce%22%3A%22sum%22%7D%2C%7B%22name%22%3A%22maxt%22%2C%22interval%22%3A%22mly%22%2C%22duration%22%3A%22mly%22%2C%22reduce%22%3A%22mean%22%7D%2C%7B%22name%22%3A%22mint%22%2C%22interval%22%3A%22mly%22%2C%22duration%22%3A%22mly%22%2C%22reduce%22%3A%22mean%22%7D%5D%7D Used for: observed monthly precipitation and temperatures
- ACIS StnData, USW00093805 2025 annual totals and normal (NOAA RCC ACIS) https://data.rcc-acis.org/StnData?params=%7B%22sid%22%3A%22USW00093805%22%2C%22sdate%22%3A%222025%22%2C%22edate%22%3A%222025%22%2C%22elems%22%3A%5B%7B%22name%22%3A%22pcpn%22%2C%22interval%22%3A%22yly%22%2C%22duration%22%3A%22yly%22%2C%22reduce%22%3A%22sum%22%7D%2C%7B%22name%22%3A%22pcpn%22%2C%22interval%22%3A%22yly%22%2C%22duration%22%3A%22yly%22%2C%22reduce%22%3A%22sum%22%2C%22normal%22%3A%2291%22%7D%2C%7B%22name%22%3A%22maxt%22%2C%22interval%22%3A%22yly%22%2C%22duration%22%3A%22yly%22%2C%22reduce%22%3A%22max%22%7D%2C%7B%22name%22%3A%22mint%22%2C%22interval%22%3A%22yly%22%2C%22duration%22%3A%22yly%22%2C%22reduce%22%3A%22min%22%7D%5D%7D Used for: 2025 precipitation vs normal, annual extremes
- Daily Normal and Record Temperatures in Tallahassee, NWS Tallahassee https://www.weather.gov/tae/tallahassee_normalsrecords Used for: daily records including 2026 records
- Tallahassee Weather Extremes, NWS Tallahassee https://www.weather.gov/tae/extremes Used for: all-time records, freeze dates, site history
- Hurricane Helene, September 26-27, 2024, NWS Tallahassee https://www.weather.gov/tae/helene2024 Used for: landfall and TLH gust
- May 10, 2024 Tornadoes, NWS Tallahassee https://www.weather.gov/tae/2024_05_Tornadoes Used for: tornado count, damage comparison, EF-2
- 2025 Winter Storm, NWS Tallahassee https://www.weather.gov/tae/2025winterstorm Used for: January 2025 snowfall
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