Punta Gorda Isles climate — normals and trends
Punta Gorda Isles (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.0 °C and it receives 1,032 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 (27.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (17.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Punta Gorda Isles averages 1 frost days, 164 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 142 rainy days per year.
Punta Gorda Isles has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.5 °C (on 31 May 1945) and the coldest -5.7 °C (on 13 December 1962).
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
Punta Gorda IslesFlorida
- coords
- 26.92°, -82.08°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
23.0°C
Average daily high
28.4°C
Average daily low
18.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,032mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
15.5km/h
Seasonal range
10.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
1 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
164 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
142 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
30.6 °C
Average feels-like low
19.7 °C
Average peak gust
34.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
182 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
39.5 °C
31 May 1945
Coldest day
-5.7 °C
13 December 1962
Wettest day
157 mm
28 September 2022
Windiest day
94.2 km/h
19 October 1944
Strongest gust
180.4 km/h
19 October 1944
Hottest feels-like
44.0 °C
1 August 1986
Coldest feels-like
-11.8 °C
13 December 1962
Snowiest day
0.2 cm
24 December 1989
Sunniest day
13.0 h
30 April 1940
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 | 21.3 °C | -1.5 °C | 16 mm | -27 mm |
| Feb | 27.3 °C | +3.3 °C | 43 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 27.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 25 mm | -26 mm |
| Apr | 31.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 13 mm | -35 mm |
| May | 32.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 142 mm | +67 mm |
| Jun | 32.0 °C | +0.1 °C | 206 mm | +44 mm |
| Jul | 32.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 193 mm | +29 mm |
| Aug | 32.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 192 mm | +32 mm |
| Sep | 31.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 120 mm | -30 mm |
| Oct | 30.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 44 mm | -21 mm |
| Nov | 27.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 2 mm | -30 mm |
| Dec | 26.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 10 mm | -25 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Punta Gorda Isles?
Punta Gorda Isles has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.0 °C and it receives 1,032 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Punta Gorda Isles?
The hottest day measured in Punta Gorda Isles between 1940 and 2025 was 31 May 1945, reaching 39.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Punta Gorda Isles?
The coldest day measured in Punta Gorda Isles between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1962, at -5.7 °C.
Does it snow in Punta Gorda Isles?
Almost never: Punta Gorda Isles sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Punta Gorda Isles warmed?
Yes: Punta Gorda Isles warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Punta Gorda Isles?
The wettest day measured in Punta Gorda Isles between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 2022, with 157 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Punta Gorda Isles?
The windiest day measured in Punta Gorda Isles between 1940 and 2025 was 19 October 1944, with winds reaching 94.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Punta Gorda Isles?
The warmest month in Punta Gorda Isles is July (27.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (17.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Punta Gorda Isles?
Punta Gorda Isles receives on average 1,032 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 142 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Punta Gorda Isles?
Punta Gorda Isles gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Punta Gorda Isles?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Punta Gorda Isles between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 1989, with 0.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Punta Gorda Isles?
Yes: Punta Gorda Isles has on average 182 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Punta Gorda Isles?
In Punta Gorda Isles, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.0 °C on 1 August 1986, and the lowest was -11.8 °C on 13 December 1962.
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