Cocoa climate — normals and trends
Cocoa (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.5 °C and it receives 954 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is August (27.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (17.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Cocoa averages 0 frost days, 21 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 144 rainy days per year.
Cocoa has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.1 °C (on 24 June 1944) and the coldest -2.4 °C (on 24 December 1989).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
CocoaFlorida
- coords
- 28.39°, -80.74°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
22.5°C
Average daily high
24.9°C
Average daily low
20.3°C
Annual rainfall
954mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
21.6km/h
Seasonal range
10.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
21 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
144 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
26.9 °C
Average feels-like low
20.9 °C
Average peak gust
34.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
218 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.8 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.23 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
34.1 °C
24 June 1944
Coldest day
-2.4 °C
24 December 1989
Wettest day
152 mm
23 September 1963
Windiest day
90.7 km/h
19 October 1944
Strongest gust
146.2 km/h
5 September 2004
Hottest feels-like
42.1 °C
2 August 1999
Coldest feels-like
-10.7 °C
24 December 1989
Snowiest day
0.2 cm
9 January 2010
Sunniest day
13.2 h
23 June 1944
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 17.2 °C | -2.7 °C | 73 mm | +19 mm |
| Feb | 21.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 61 mm | +3 mm |
| Mar | 22.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 25 mm | -40 mm |
| Apr | 25.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 12 mm | -35 mm |
| May | 28.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 104 mm | +47 mm |
| Jun | 28.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 109 mm | +0 mm |
| Jul | 29.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 147 mm | +46 mm |
| Aug | 30.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 168 mm | +47 mm |
| Sep | 28.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 211 mm | +58 mm |
| Oct | 25.8 °C | -0.3 °C | 131 mm | +36 mm |
| Nov | 23.0 °C | -0.3 °C | 8 mm | -42 mm |
| Dec | 21.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 26 mm | -19 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Cocoa?
Cocoa has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.5 °C and it receives 954 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cocoa?
The hottest day measured in Cocoa between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 1944, reaching 34.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Cocoa?
The coldest day measured in Cocoa between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 1989, at -2.4 °C.
Does it snow in Cocoa?
Almost never: Cocoa sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Cocoa warmed?
Yes: Cocoa warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Cocoa?
The wettest day measured in Cocoa between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 1963, with 152 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Cocoa?
The windiest day measured in Cocoa between 1940 and 2025 was 19 October 1944, with winds reaching 90.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Cocoa?
The warmest month in Cocoa is August (27.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (17.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Cocoa?
Cocoa receives on average 954 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 144 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Cocoa?
Cocoa gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Cocoa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Cocoa between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 2010, with 0.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Cocoa?
Yes: Cocoa has on average 218 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cocoa?
In Cocoa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.1 °C on 2 August 1999, and the lowest was -10.7 °C on 24 December 1989.
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