Sarasota climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Sarasota?

Sarasota has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.8 °C and it receives 949 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Sarasota between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 2023, reaching 34.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Sarasota?

The coldest day measured in Sarasota between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1962, at -3.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Sarasota?

Almost never: Sarasota sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Sarasota warmed?

Yes: Sarasota warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Sarasota?

The wettest day measured in Sarasota between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 2022, with 232 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Sarasota?

The windiest day measured in Sarasota between 1940 and 2025 was 19 October 1944, with winds reaching 114.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Sarasota?

The warmest month in Sarasota is July (27.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (16.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Sarasota?

Sarasota receives on average 949 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 131 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Sarasota?

Sarasota gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Sarasota (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.8 °C and it receives 949 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 (27.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (16.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Sarasota averages 0 frost days, 68 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 131 rainy days per year.

Sarasota 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 34.7 °C (on 22 August 2023) and the coldest -3.1 °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

SarasotaFlorida

coords: 27.34°, -82.53°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthNovember

Mean daily temperature

22.8°C

Average daily high

25.9°C

Average daily low

20.1°C

Annual rainfall

949mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

77%

Average peak wind

19.6km/h

Seasonal range

10.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

68 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

131 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.4 °C

Average feels-like low

21.1 °C

Average peak gust

32.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

206 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.8 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.20 · 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

34.7 °C

22 August 2023

Coldest day

-3.1 °C

13 December 1962

Wettest day

232 mm

28 September 2022

Windiest day

114.6 km/h

19 October 1944

Strongest gust

198.7 km/h

19 October 1944

Hottest feels-like

42.6 °C

28 July 2025

Coldest feels-like

-9.9 °C

13 December 1962

Snowiest day

1.1 cm

24 December 1989

Sunniest day

13.0 h

29 June 2012

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	34.0 °C27 July 2025	4.6 °C25 January 2025	23.5 °C	813 mm	99	0
2024	33.4 °C1 June 2024	5.9 °C21 January 2024	23.6 °C	1,479 mm	115	0
2023	34.7 °C22 August 2023	6.8 °C15 January 2023	24.1 °C	821 mm	99	0
2022	32.9 °C17 June 2022	4.2 °C25 December 2022	23.6 °C	1,326 mm	83	0
2021	32.8 °C18 August 2021	7.8 °C4 February 2021	23.5 °C	1,023 mm	80	0
2020	33.6 °C1 August 2020	4.3 °C22 January 2020	23.9 °C	1,081 mm	96	0
2019	33.9 °C26 June 2019	6.6 °C21 January 2019	23.9 °C	1,225 mm	105	0
2018	32.3 °C29 September 2018	1.0 °C18 January 2018	23.3 °C	1,156 mm	88	0
2017	33.1 °C22 August 2017	4.4 °C8 January 2017	23.6 °C	1,233 mm	88	0
2016	32.9 °C23 August 2016	7.4 °C25 January 2016	23.3 °C	1,184 mm	82	0
2015	32.8 °C11 July 2015	3.6 °C20 February 2015	24.0 °C	867 mm	73	0
2014	33.5 °C26 August 2014	4.5 °C7 January 2014	22.6 °C	908 mm	77	0
2013	33.0 °C12 August 2013	5.8 °C28 November 2013	23.1 °C	873 mm	59	0
2012	32.5 °C4 August 2012	3.7 °C4 January 2012	23.2 °C	943 mm	64	0
2011	32.7 °C29 July 2011	2.2 °C13 January 2011	23.3 °C	800 mm	89	0
2010	34.5 °C25 June 2010	0.9 °C11 January 2010	22.0 °C	791 mm	111	0
2009	33.1 °C17 August 2009	1.9 °C5 February 2009	23.0 °C	848 mm	88	0
2008	32.6 °C8 September 2008	1.3 °C3 January 2008	22.9 °C	801 mm	70	0
2007	33.8 °C21 August 2007	5.4 °C17 February 2007	23.4 °C	754 mm	90	0
2006	32.9 °C1 August 2006	5.4 °C14 February 2006	22.9 °C	807 mm	66	0
2005	33.8 °C19 August 2005	3.1 °C24 January 2005	22.6 °C	1,047 mm	75	0
2004	32.5 °C3 September 2004	4.6 °C15 December 2004	22.6 °C	967 mm	60	0
2003	32.1 °C13 August 2003	-0.4 °C24 January 2003	22.5 °C	953 mm	47	1
2002	31.7 °C18 September 2002	4.1 °C28 February 2002	22.8 °C	1,100 mm	64	0
2001	31.7 °C27 August 2001	3.0 °C10 January 2001	22.6 °C	931 mm	48	0
2000	32.9 °C8 August 2000	3.9 °C27 January 2000	22.7 °C	644 mm	68	0
1999	32.6 °C20 July 1999	2.5 °C6 January 1999	22.7 °C	955 mm	62	0
1998	33.9 °C3 July 1998	6.1 °C13 March 1998	23.2 °C	1,024 mm	92	0
1997	32.6 °C21 September 1997	3.6 °C19 January 1997	23.1 °C	1,104 mm	68	0
1996	34.2 °C28 July 1996	-1.3 °C5 February 1996	22.2 °C	957 mm	56	1
1995	33.0 °C7 July 1995	1.4 °C9 February 1995	22.7 °C	1,480 mm	65	0
1994	32.1 °C15 June 1994	5.8 °C3 February 1994	23.1 °C	1,129 mm	39	0
1993	32.9 °C8 August 1993	6.0 °C19 February 1993	22.6 °C	1,063 mm	73	0
1992	32.0 °C5 July 1992	5.4 °C17 January 1992	22.5 °C	988 mm	59	0
1991	32.1 °C19 July 1991	6.0 °C17 February 1991	23.4 °C	1,062 mm	65	0
1990	32.5 °C18 September 1990	7.2 °C13 January 1990	23.6 °C	750 mm	93	0
1989	32.1 °C23 August 1989	-0.1 °C24 December 1989	22.9 °C	853 mm	74	1
1988	32.3 °C25 June 1988	4.6 °C28 January 1988	22.2 °C	1,155 mm	67	0
1987	32.7 °C9 August 1987	5.7 °C10 February 1987	22.4 °C	1,280 mm	74	0
1986	31.6 °C23 August 1986	4.3 °C28 January 1986	23.0 °C	995 mm	63	0
1985	33.2 °C5 June 1985	0.6 °C21 January 1985	22.8 °C	1,091 mm	49	0
1984	31.5 °C16 August 1984	3.4 °C1 January 1984	22.2 °C	817 mm	31	0
1983	33.0 °C18 July 1983	-1.6 °C26 December 1983	22.1 °C	1,401 mm	63	1
1982	32.3 °C8 August 1982	1.1 °C12 January 1982	23.2 °C	1,152 mm	58	0
1981	33.5 °C17 June 1981	-0.3 °C13 January 1981	22.0 °C	639 mm	80	1
1980	34.1 °C7 August 1980	2.1 °C2 February 1980	22.4 °C	836 mm	81	0
1979	32.9 °C4 August 1979	2.4 °C3 January 1979	22.5 °C	933 mm	79	0
1978	32.3 °C18 September 1978	3.7 °C16 January 1978	22.3 °C	895 mm	70	0
1977	32.7 °C12 July 1977	2.1 °C20 January 1977	21.9 °C	753 mm	60	0
1976	32.2 °C31 August 1976	3.2 °C19 January 1976	21.9 °C	857 mm	31	0
1975	32.6 °C26 August 1975	4.7 °C19 December 1975	23.1 °C	748 mm	62	0
1974	31.6 °C11 August 1974	4.7 °C27 February 1974	23.0 °C	934 mm	42	0
1973	32.6 °C12 August 1973	4.3 °C11 February 1973	22.6 °C	950 mm	63	0
1972	32.9 °C4 August 1972	4.9 °C17 December 1972	23.1 °C	856 mm	75	0
1971	32.2 °C21 June 1971	2.4 °C21 January 1971	22.6 °C	1,060 mm	56	0
1970	33.7 °C31 August 1970	1.6 °C10 January 1970	22.0 °C	944 mm	80	0
1969	32.7 °C28 June 1969	6.8 °C16 November 1969	21.9 °C	978 mm	73	0
1968	33.1 °C22 August 1968	3.1 °C16 December 1968	21.8 °C	970 mm	68	0
1967	32.5 °C12 July 1967	0.8 °C26 February 1967	22.6 °C	639 mm	65	0
1966	32.7 °C30 August 1966	0.2 °C31 January 1966	22.0 °C	846 mm	56	0
1965	31.8 °C22 August 1965	5.7 °C18 January 1965	22.6 °C	801 mm	69	0
1964	34.1 °C15 July 1964	2.0 °C15 January 1964	22.7 °C	804 mm	78	0
1963	34.6 °C1 September 1963	4.9 °C19 December 1963	22.2 °C	728 mm	67	0
1962	31.7 °C21 August 1962	-3.1 °C13 December 1962	22.1 °C	1,057 mm	53	1
1961	32.8 °C1 August 1961	3.2 °C22 January 1961	22.6 °C	695 mm	75	0
1960	32.9 °C28 August 1960	3.5 °C22 December 1960	22.0 °C	1,181 mm	53	0
1959	31.9 °C19 August 1959	2.6 °C30 November 1959	22.5 °C	1,385 mm	44	0
1958	33.5 °C2 September 1958	2.9 °C14 February 1958	22.1 °C	884 mm	96	0
1957	32.3 °C15 August 1957	1.9 °C12 December 1957	22.9 °C	1,144 mm	53	0
1956	33.4 °C22 July 1956	6.6 °C23 November 1956	22.5 °C	520 mm	60	0
1955	32.2 °C26 July 1955	1.2 °C13 February 1955	22.5 °C	694 mm	72	0
1954	32.3 °C23 August 1954	5.8 °C13 January 1954	22.2 °C	945 mm	53	0
1953	33.0 °C28 May 1953	4.8 °C18 December 1953	22.7 °C	1,183 mm	57	0
1952	32.7 °C26 June 1952	5.8 °C30 January 1952	22.5 °C	929 mm	75	0
1951	33.1 °C26 June 1951	3.1 °C3 February 1951	22.6 °C	772 mm	94	0
1950	32.0 °C31 July 1950	5.4 °C19 December 1950	22.7 °C	785 mm	74	0
1949	31.8 °C25 August 1949	7.5 °C1 January 1949	23.2 °C	952 mm	52	0
1948	32.5 °C23 June 1948	0.7 °C15 January 1948	23.3 °C	958 mm	40	0
1947	30.9 °C1 August 1947	6.0 °C11 February 1947	22.9 °C	1,114 mm	26	0
1946	31.3 °C17 June 1946	8.8 °C15 February 1946	23.2 °C	784 mm	23	0
1945	33.0 °C31 May 1945	7.4 °C2 February 1945	23.1 °C	993 mm	55	0
1944	32.8 °C4 June 1944	7.4 °C15 December 1944	23.4 °C	773 mm	101	0
1943	31.9 °C5 June 1943	6.8 °C4 March 1943	22.8 °C	944 mm	46	0
1942	32.9 °C5 August 1942	5.9 °C11 January 1942	22.9 °C	670 mm	63	0
1941	33.7 °C28 August 1941	8.2 °C10 February 1941	22.8 °C	610 mm	59	0
1940	31.6 °C21 July 1940	2.9 °C28 January 1940	22.0 °C	827 mm	37	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.7 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

99 d/yr

+31

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

813 mm

-136 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	18.5 °C	-1.8 °C	29 mm	-22 mm
Feb	23.4 °C	+2.5 °C	49 mm	+3 mm
Mar	23.5 °C	+0.7 °C	22 mm	-33 mm
Apr	26.9 °C	+1.5 °C	8 mm	-33 mm
May	29.1 °C	+1.0 °C	74 mm	+20 mm
Jun	30.2 °C	+0.6 °C	144 mm	+12 mm
Jul	30.8 °C	+0.8 °C	148 mm	+12 mm
Aug	30.8 °C	+0.6 °C	198 mm	+53 mm
Sep	30.0 °C	+0.3 °C	96 mm	-53 mm
Oct	28.7 °C	+1.0 °C	30 mm	-34 mm
Nov	24.8 °C	+0.4 °C	3 mm	-33 mm
Dec	23.4 °C	+1.7 °C	13 mm	-28 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.0 °C

27 Jul 2025

Coldest day

4.6 °C

25 Jan 2025

Wettest day

39.4 mm

10 Aug 2025

Windiest day

36.0 km/h

6 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

58.0 km/h

17 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.6 °C

28 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-0.5 °C

25 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

26 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Sarasota?

Sarasota has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.8 °C and it receives 949 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sarasota?

The hottest day measured in Sarasota between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 2023, reaching 34.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Sarasota?

The coldest day measured in Sarasota between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1962, at -3.1 °C.

Does it snow in Sarasota?

Almost never: Sarasota sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Sarasota warmed?

Yes: Sarasota warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Sarasota?

The wettest day measured in Sarasota between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 2022, with 232 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Sarasota?

The windiest day measured in Sarasota between 1940 and 2025 was 19 October 1944, with winds reaching 114.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Sarasota?

The warmest month in Sarasota is July (27.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (16.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Sarasota?

Sarasota receives on average 949 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 131 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Sarasota?

Sarasota 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 Sarasota?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sarasota between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 1989, with 1.1 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Sarasota?

Yes: Sarasota has on average 206 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sarasota?

In Sarasota, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.6 °C on 28 July 2025, and the lowest was -9.9 °C on 13 December 1962.

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