Florence climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Florence?

Florence has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.5 °C and it receives 1,062 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Florence?

The hottest day measured in Florence between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 1954, reaching 40.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Florence?

The coldest day measured in Florence between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1994, at -29.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Florence?

Yes. Florence gets on average 42.5 cm of snow per year and has around 87 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Florence warmed?

Yes: Florence warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Florence?

The wettest day measured in Florence between 1940 and 2025 was 1 October 1977, with 137 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Florence?

The windiest day measured in Florence between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 2008, with winds reaching 44.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Florence?

The warmest month in Florence is July (24.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Florence?

Florence receives on average 1,062 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 124 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Florence?

Florence gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Florence (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.5 °C and it receives 1,062 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 July (24.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.

Florence averages 87 frost days, 44 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 124 rainy days per year.

Florence has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 99 to 75 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.6 °C (on 14 July 1954) and the coldest -29.4 °C (on 19 January 1994).

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

FlorenceKentucky

coords: 39.00°, -84.63°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

DfaHot-summer humid continentalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMayDriest monthSeptember

Mean daily temperature

12.5°C

Average daily high

17.6°C

Average daily low

8.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,062mm

Sunshine / day

8.7h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

15.3km/h

Seasonal range

25.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

87 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

44 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

124 d/yr

Annual snowfall

42.5 cm

Average feels-like high

16.4 °C

Average feels-like low

5.9 °C

Average peak gust

36.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

45 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

40.6 °C

14 July 1954

Coldest day

-29.4 °C

19 January 1994

Wettest day

137 mm

1 October 1977

Windiest day

44.6 km/h

14 September 2008

Strongest gust

104.4 km/h

3 February 2016

Hottest feels-like

44.3 °C

29 June 2012

Coldest feels-like

-35.7 °C

20 January 1985

Snowiest day

27.5 cm

22 March 1968

Sunniest day

14.7 h

14 June 2014

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	35.0 °C24 June 2025	-22.5 °C15 December 2025	13.2 °C	1,272 mm	50	83
2024	35.3 °C30 August 2024	-17.1 °C21 January 2024	14.2 °C	1,195 mm	50	55
2023	34.5 °C3 June 2023	-8.2 °C4 February 2023	14.2 °C	928 mm	37	50
2022	35.5 °C22 June 2022	-22.2 °C23 December 2022	13.2 °C	1,085 mm	50	90
2021	33.9 °C24 August 2021	-16.6 °C17 February 2021	13.6 °C	1,219 mm	39	75
2020	33.3 °C5 July 2020	-9.8 °C14 February 2020	13.6 °C	1,166 mm	44	60
2019	34.9 °C13 September 2019	-19.8 °C21 January 2019	13.5 °C	1,378 mm	70	82
2018	34.3 °C4 September 2018	-20.7 °C2 January 2018	13.3 °C	1,434 mm	61	81
2017	33.2 °C22 July 2017	-17.1 °C6 January 2017	13.9 °C	1,189 mm	36	66
2016	33.6 °C24 July 2016	-18.0 °C13 January 2016	13.9 °C	1,013 mm	55	76
2015	33.3 °C11 June 2015	-27.8 °C20 February 2015	13.1 °C	1,269 mm	39	77
2014	32.9 °C17 June 2014	-24.3 °C22 January 2014	11.7 °C	1,028 mm	27	96
2013	35.0 °C28 August 2013	-18.5 °C12 December 2013	12.5 °C	1,042 mm	36	100
2012	40.2 °C7 July 2012	-9.2 °C12 February 2012	14.4 °C	817 mm	67	65
2011	37.4 °C21 July 2011	-24.3 °C22 January 2011	13.4 °C	1,540 mm	64	71
2010	36.2 °C4 August 2010	-16.5 °C10 January 2010	13.0 °C	833 mm	70	93
2009	32.4 °C19 June 2009	-20.8 °C5 February 2009	12.4 °C	1,035 mm	21	75
2008	34.0 °C23 August 2008	-16.5 °C21 February 2008	12.5 °C	1,098 mm	42	94
2007	36.8 °C23 August 2007	-19.4 °C15 February 2007	13.8 °C	881 mm	75	82
2006	34.1 °C1 August 2006	-14.1 °C19 February 2006	13.3 °C	1,089 mm	41	67
2005	35.4 °C12 August 2005	-17.3 °C24 January 2005	13.1 °C	931 mm	53	85
2004	33.0 °C22 July 2004	-25.8 °C31 January 2004	12.7 °C	1,197 mm	18	85
2003	33.2 °C21 August 2003	-20.9 °C27 January 2003	12.1 °C	1,141 mm	26	94
2002	36.4 °C4 August 2002	-13.8 °C4 March 2002	13.4 °C	1,221 mm	65	90
2001	33.1 °C10 July 2001	-17.2 °C3 January 2001	13.2 °C	1,064 mm	32	71
2000	33.4 °C9 August 2000	-20.9 °C28 January 2000	12.4 °C	1,143 mm	23	87
1999	38.3 °C30 July 1999	-23.7 °C10 January 1999	13.3 °C	957 mm	58	77
1998	35.2 °C6 September 1998	-11.5 °C12 March 1998	14.0 °C	1,114 mm	41	64
1997	35.1 °C27 July 1997	-18.0 °C17 January 1997	11.9 °C	1,136 mm	28	82
1996	34.0 °C30 June 1996	-19.3 °C4 February 1996	11.7 °C	1,472 mm	38	100
1995	35.2 °C14 July 1995	-24.0 °C12 February 1995	12.4 °C	1,181 mm	50	92
1994	35.5 °C5 July 1994	-29.4 °C19 January 1994	12.7 °C	952 mm	47	75
1993	35.1 °C28 July 1993	-20.7 °C19 February 1993	12.1 °C	1,197 mm	46	90
1992	33.5 °C10 August 1992	-18.8 °C16 January 1992	12.1 °C	930 mm	14	76
1991	37.7 °C2 August 1991	-15.1 °C16 February 1991	13.6 °C	892 mm	66	84
1990	35.0 °C6 September 1990	-12.7 °C24 December 1990	13.5 °C	1,310 mm	37	64
1989	35.1 °C10 July 1989	-28.3 °C22 December 1989	11.9 °C	1,140 mm	39	93
1988	39.5 °C9 July 1988	-18.1 °C13 February 1988	12.4 °C	916 mm	58	95
1987	35.4 °C3 August 1987	-14.6 °C24 January 1987	13.2 °C	854 mm	56	77
1986	35.9 °C25 July 1986	-17.1 °C13 February 1986	13.1 °C	903 mm	59	76
1985	34.3 °C8 September 1985	-28.6 °C20 January 1985	12.3 °C	1,114 mm	30	89
1984	34.7 °C13 June 1984	-24.7 °C21 January 1984	12.5 °C	1,199 mm	49	79
1983	39.2 °C21 July 1983	-23.1 °C25 December 1983	12.7 °C	1,148 mm	75	83
1982	33.1 °C6 July 1982	-25.5 °C17 January 1982	12.3 °C	1,078 mm	25	87
1981	33.9 °C13 July 1981	-22.7 °C20 December 1981	12.0 °C	1,082 mm	33	93
1980	37.5 °C15 July 1980	-21.8 °C3 March 1980	12.0 °C	1,038 mm	59	96
1979	33.2 °C8 August 1979	-22.9 °C15 January 1979	11.4 °C	1,346 mm	14	99
1978	36.7 °C27 June 1978	-20.6 °C11 January 1978	11.2 °C	1,138 mm	46	90
1977	34.9 °C19 July 1977	-29.0 °C17 January 1977	12.2 °C	1,267 mm	54	87
1976	34.1 °C15 July 1976	-20.5 °C9 January 1976	11.6 °C	867 mm	29	107
1975	34.1 °C31 July 1975	-13.8 °C10 February 1975	12.9 °C	1,107 mm	56	92
1974	33.6 °C14 July 1974	-14.0 °C12 January 1974	12.4 °C	1,141 mm	30	76
1973	34.6 °C2 September 1973	-18.9 °C22 December 1973	13.2 °C	1,277 mm	47	79
1972	34.2 °C20 July 1972	-23.2 °C16 January 1972	11.7 °C	1,067 mm	26	93
1971	35.9 °C27 June 1971	-19.7 °C2 February 1971	12.6 °C	846 mm	35	82
1970	35.0 °C1 July 1970	-26.4 °C22 January 1970	12.3 °C	1,003 mm	39	88
1969	35.5 °C5 July 1969	-16.1 °C4 January 1969	11.7 °C	865 mm	33	106
1968	34.3 °C24 August 1968	-23.9 °C8 January 1968	11.8 °C	962 mm	42	92
1967	32.7 °C15 June 1967	-19.0 °C25 February 1967	11.8 °C	1,013 mm	18	88
1966	37.0 °C10 July 1966	-23.3 °C30 January 1966	11.8 °C	916 mm	60	94
1965	36.0 °C24 July 1965	-21.6 °C17 January 1965	12.3 °C	959 mm	30	99
1964	37.4 °C3 August 1964	-20.3 °C14 January 1964	12.6 °C	998 mm	59	90
1963	34.8 °C3 August 1963	-27.9 °C28 January 1963	11.3 °C	810 mm	29	99
1962	37.7 °C20 August 1962	-21.4 °C10 January 1962	12.0 °C	868 mm	50	101
1961	33.5 °C1 July 1961	-21.9 °C25 January 1961	11.9 °C	1,035 mm	40	90
1960	34.5 °C8 September 1960	-22.1 °C23 December 1960	11.6 °C	879 mm	42	112
1959	35.1 °C13 August 1959	-20.8 °C5 January 1959	12.9 °C	937 mm	65	93
1958	32.7 °C4 July 1958	-22.2 °C10 December 1958	11.1 °C	1,078 mm	29	103
1957	34.5 °C22 July 1957	-21.2 °C17 January 1957	12.8 °C	1,158 mm	44	82
1956	35.4 °C5 August 1956	-14.7 °C26 January 1956	12.6 °C	1,095 mm	31	80
1955	34.6 °C20 August 1955	-21.1 °C29 January 1955	12.8 °C	959 mm	59	99
1954	40.6 °C14 July 1954	-14.3 °C13 January 1954	13.2 °C	776 mm	69	81
1953	37.7 °C2 September 1953	-19.6 °C18 December 1953	13.4 °C	762 mm	73	78
1952	37.6 °C28 July 1952	-13.6 °C30 January 1952	12.9 °C	940 mm	63	83
1951	35.6 °C31 August 1951	-25.6 °C2 February 1951	11.9 °C	1,267 mm	48	94
1950	33.4 °C26 June 1950	-16.8 °C25 November 1950	11.7 °C	1,412 mm	14	109
1949	34.6 °C4 July 1949	-14.4 °C30 January 1949	13.2 °C	1,123 mm	51	77
1948	37.1 °C27 August 1948	-21.3 °C25 January 1948	12.3 °C	1,167 mm	44	80
1947	35.3 °C6 August 1947	-17.0 °C5 February 1947	11.5 °C	875 mm	38	112
1946	33.4 °C19 July 1946	-13.8 °C27 January 1946	12.8 °C	1,075 mm	15	75
1945	34.1 °C31 August 1945	-20.7 °C2 February 1945	11.9 °C	1,113 mm	38	95
1944	36.8 °C11 July 1944	-13.3 °C13 February 1944	12.4 °C	768 mm	54	102
1943	36.7 °C1 September 1943	-22.8 °C8 March 1943	11.3 °C	743 mm	45	112
1942	35.7 °C2 August 1942	-24.2 °C8 January 1942	11.6 °C	1,042 mm	25	102
1941	34.4 °C30 July 1941	-15.4 °C18 March 1941	11.9 °C	879 mm	32	110
1940	36.3 °C29 July 1940	-23.9 °C27 January 1940	10.7 °C	945 mm	40	109

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

18.3 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

50 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

83 d/yr

-4

Annual rainfall

1272 mm

+210 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	1.1 °C	-2.5 °C	70 mm	-11 mm
Feb	6.7 °C	+0.7 °C	139 mm	+57 mm
Mar	16.2 °C	+4.7 °C	125 mm	+18 mm
Apr	19.6 °C	+1.7 °C	162 mm	+54 mm
May	21.7 °C	-1.4 °C	142 mm	+33 mm
Jun	29.0 °C	+1.2 °C	128 mm	+33 mm
Jul	30.7 °C	+1.1 °C	184 mm	+89 mm
Aug	28.2 °C	-0.8 °C	47 mm	-28 mm
Sep	27.8 °C	+2.2 °C	57 mm	-12 mm
Oct	20.2 °C	+1.0 °C	93 mm	+23 mm
Nov	11.6 °C	0.0 °C	63 mm	-24 mm
Dec	6.1 °C	+0.3 °C	62 mm	-23 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.0 °C

24 Jun 2025

Coldest day

-22.5 °C

15 Dec 2025

Wettest day

49.5 mm

1 Jul 2025

Windiest day

36.7 km/h

2 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

85.0 km/h

15 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.6 °C

24 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-27.5 °C

15 Dec 2025

Snowiest day

12.4 cm

5 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.7 h

11 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Florence?

Florence has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.5 °C and it receives 1,062 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Florence?

The hottest day measured in Florence between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 1954, reaching 40.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Florence?

The coldest day measured in Florence between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1994, at -29.4 °C.

Does it snow in Florence?

Yes. Florence gets on average 42.5 cm of snow per year and has around 87 frost days.

Has the climate of Florence warmed?

Yes: Florence warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Florence?

The wettest day measured in Florence between 1940 and 2025 was 1 October 1977, with 137 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Florence?

The windiest day measured in Florence between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 2008, with winds reaching 44.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Florence?

The warmest month in Florence is July (24.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Florence?

Florence receives on average 1,062 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 124 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Florence?

Florence gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Florence?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Florence between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 1968, with 27.5 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Florence?

Yes: Florence has on average 45 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Florence?

In Florence, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.3 °C on 29 June 2012, and the lowest was -35.7 °C on 20 January 1985.

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