#1Ave Maria
unincorporated, Collier County · 8,258 peopleJuly high·January low 53°·123 days of 90°+ a year
Ave Maria, #1 on this list · Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author · CC BY 4.0Florida rankings · Climate
Towns with the hottest summers in Florida
Ave Maria has the hottest summers of Florida’s 555 towns of 2,500+: July afternoons average a high of 93° (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The typical town here averages 91°; 484 of the 555 average 90° or more.
The average July high. NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s 5 km grid at each town’s center; one town for each grid cell. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#193°
#2Hilliard
Nassau County · 3,161 peopleJuly high·January low 41°·114 days of 90°+ a year
Grenelefe
unincorporated, Polk County · 2,797 peopleJuly high·January low 50°·129 days of 90°+ a year
All 555 towns
July high, highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 551 towns here).
555 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.
#TownJuly highDays ≥90°January low
T121Florida Gulf Coast University College campusunincorporated, Lee County · 4,836 people11953°average low
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which Florida town has the hottest summers?
Ave Maria (unincorporated, Collier County): July afternoons average a high of 93°. Hilliard (93°) and Grenelefe (92°) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average July high (the warmest month’s afternoons), highest first, on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals, read from its 5 km grid at each town’s center. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T); the figure and the state rank are the ones on each town’s Climate page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents, one for each of NOAA’s 5 km grid cells (555 in Florida): where towns share a cell, one of them stands for it, since the grid gives them the same figures. Every town’s own figures are on its Climate page. Every town is on the Florida page.
Go deeper
All Florida rankings →More Florida lists
Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.
Best places to live634 towns · #1 BagdadBest small towns284 towns · #1 BagdadMost affordable towns637 towns · #1 ChattahoocheeSafest towns128 towns · #1 NicevilleTowns with the best schools638 towns · #1 Butler Beach and Flagler Estates and Fruit Cove and Nocatee and Palm Valley and Sawgrass and St. Augustine and St. Augustine Beach and St. Augustine Shores and St. Augustine South and World Golf VillageHealthiest towns636 towns · #1 Bay HillBest towns for jobs & income638 towns · #1 Southwest RanchesMost walkable towns638 towns · #1 Miami BeachTowns with the lowest natural-hazard risk638 towns · #1 TaftBest towns for the outdoors638 towns · #1 Juno BeachMost historic towns638 towns · #1 St. AugustineTowns with the most civic life273 towns · #1 Marco IslandTowns with the mildest winters555 towns · #1 Key West and Stock IslandDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers555 towns · #1 Key LargoDescribed, no lettersTowns with the highest incomes638 towns · #1 PinecrestDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest property taxes623 towns · #1 Silver SpringsDescribed, no lettersFastest-growing towns272 towns · #1 Eagle LakeDescribed, no lettersTowns with the most-used libraries19 towns · #1 North Miami BeachDescribed, no letters
Other states