Tallahassee Weather Extremes

Tallahassee Weather Extremes

Below you will find all-time weather records for Tallahassee, Florida. For temperature and precipitation records, there are two sets of data. The first two columns of data represent extremes recorded at the current observing site at the Tallahassee Regional Airport (previously the Tallahassee Municipal Airport). Prior to March 29, 1961, observations were taken at other locations in Tallahassee and records for these locations are listed in the last two columns. Observations were taken at the Dale Mabry Field from this date back to March 1940. Prior to that, observations were taken at various downtown locations beginning in April 1885.

Temperature Records (°F)
* denotes last of several occurrences

As of 2024, a hard freeze is defined as 25 degrees or less

	(3/30/61-Present)		(4/1/1885 - 3/29/1961)
Record	Reading	Date(s)	Reading	Date(s)
Hottest Temperature	105	June 15, 2011	104	June 20, 1933 July 15, 1932 July 3, 1931 June 29, 1931 June 24, 1914
Coldest Temperature	6	January 21, 1985	-2	February 13, 1899
Highest Daily Mean	91	July 14, 1980	91	July 15, 1932 July 11, 1930 June 29, 1931
Lowest Daily Mean	17	January 21, 1985	10	February 13, 1899
Lowest Daily Maximum	28	January 21, 1985	22	February 13, 1899
Highest Daily Minimum	81	July 15, 1980	79	July 11, 1930
Hottest Month	86.4	August 2023	85.5	July 1932
Coldest Month	43.9	January 1977	41.0	January 1940
Coldest Year	65.5	1979	64.9	1901
Hottest Year	71.8	2015	70.7	1933
Most Days at or above 100	16	1998	12	1931
Earliest 100 Degree Day	100	May 26, 2012	100	May 24, 1941
Latest 100 Degree Day	101	September 18, 2019	100	September 20, 1931
Earliest 90 Degree Day	90	March 15, 1967	90	March 21, 1907
Latest 90 Degree Day	90	October 31, 2016	90	October 26, 1931
Fewest Freezes	10	2017	N/A	N/A
Most Freezes	64	2010	32	1957-58
Most Hard Freezes	24	2010	11	1917-18
Earliest Freeze	32	October 18, 1977	29	November 3, 1954
Latest Freeze	31	April 23, 1993	30	April 13, 1918
Earliest Hard Freeze	21	November 9, 1976	22	November 16, 1940
Latest Hard Freeze	25	March 23, 1986	24	March 10, 1932
Latest First Freeze	32	January 8, 1995	N/A	N/A
Earliest Last Freeze	29	February 14, 2012	N/A	N/A
Average First Freeze		November 16		December 6
Average Last Freeze		March 19		February 27
Hottest Summer	84.9	2024	82.6	1932
Coolest Summer	78.9	1961	77.6	1892
Warmest Winter	60.0	2016-2017	64.2	1931-32
Coldest Winter	47.0	1977-78	48.6	1957-58

Precipitation Records (inches)

Record	Reading	Date(s)	Reading	Date(s)
Highest hourly accumulation (dating back to 1942)	4.83	September 8, 1968
Wettest 24 hours	10.13	June 11-12, 2001	8.60	September 16, 1924
Wettest single day	8.86	September 21,1969	8.60	September 16, 1924
Wettest Month	20.12	July 1964	23.85	September 1924
Wettest Winter (Dec-Feb)	27.81	1963-1964	21.12	1907-1908
Wettest Spring (Mar-May)	35.08	1973	25.95	1948
Wettest Summer (Jun-Aug)	37.60"	1964	36.30	1939
Wettest Fall (Sep-Nov)	25.97"	1994	27.13	1957
Wettest Year	104.18	1964	83.52	1948
Driest Month	Trace	September 2019, October 1987, May 1965, October 1961	0.00	December 1889
Driest Winter (Dec-Feb)	4.48	1988-1989	3.31	1956-1957
Driest Spring (Mar-May)	2.24	2007	1.63*	1892*
Driest Summer (Jun-Aug)	8.99	2014	11.44*	1918*
Driest Fall (Sep-Nov)	2.73	1991	0.90*	1894*
Driest Year	34.81	2011	30.98	1954
Greatest Snowfall	1.0	December 22-23, 1989	2.8	February 12-13, 1958
Most Recent Snowfall	0.1	January 3, 2018	0.4	February 13, 1958
Most Recent Sleet	Trace	December 24, 2004

Miscellaneous Records (1945-present)

Record	Reading	Date(s)
Highest Atmospheric Pressure (millibars)	1042	January 3, 2008
Lowest Atmospheric Pressure (millibars)	977	March 13, 1993
Highest Sustained Wind (mph)	58	August 8, 1962
Highest Gust (mph)	83	September 11, 1990