Hot, Humid Weather in Florida

The information here tells how often heat combines with humidity in Florida cities to create uncomfortably muggy weather.

The apparent temperature, also known as the Heat Index, measures how hot the weather really feels, considering both temperature and humidity. For instance, a temperature of 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32.2 ° Celsius) along with 60 % humidity pushes the apparent temperature to 100 °F (37.8 °C).

These tables list the number of days when the actual temperature and the apparent temperature rose to least 95, 105 or 115 °F (35, 40.6 or 46.1 °C) for an hour or more. The totals are for the 30 years from 1978 to 2007.

The final table breaks the totals into yearly averages for the days when apparent temperatures reach 95 and 105 °F.

Total days with the temperature at least 95 °F
City Actual Apparent
Daytona 272 2316
Gainesville 248 2336
Jacksonville 404 2484
Key West 1 3683
Miami 61 3098
Orlando 153
Tallahassee 550 2408
Tampa 71 3129
Valparaiso 145 2039
Vero Beach 94 2974
West Palm Beach 50 3098
Total days with the temperature at least 105 °F
City Actual Apparent
Daytona 0 123
Gainesville 1 160
Jacksonville 0 300
Key West 0 174
Miami 0 72
Orlando 0 120
Tallahassee 0 225
Tampa 0 204
Valparaiso 0 233
Vero Beach 0 238
West Palm Beach 0 82
Total days with the temperature at least 115 °F
City Actual Apparent
Daytona 0 3
Gainesville 0 9
Jacksonville 0 11
Key West 0 3
Miami 0 0
Orlando 0 2
Tallahassee 0 4
Tampa 0 3
Valparaiso 0 7
Vero Beach 0 3
West Palm Beach 0 2
Average days a year of apparent temperature
City 95+ °F 105+ °F
Daytona 77 4
Gainesville 78 5
Jacksonville 83 10
Key West 123 6
Miami 103 2
Orlando 4
Tallahassee 80 8
Tampa 104 7
Valparaiso 68 8
Vero Beach 99 8
West Palm Beach 103 3
References

Peter Browning and Brian Walawender. 2009. A Climatology of Apparent Temperature. 21st Conference on Climate Variability and Change.

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