#T1Key West
Monroe County · 24,999 peopleJanuary low·July high 90°·0 freezing nights a year
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Towns with the mildest winters in Florida
Key West (tied with 1 more) has the mildest winters of Florida’s 555 towns of 2,500+: January nights average a low of 65° (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The typical town here averages 50°; 555 of the 555 stay above freezing.
The average January low. 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
#T165°
Stock Island
unincorporated, Monroe County · 4,162 peopleJanuary low·July high 90°·0 freezing nights a year
#3Big Coppitt Key
unincorporated, Monroe County · 3,109 peopleJanuary low·July high 90°·0 freezing nights a year
All 555 towns
January low, highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 487 towns here).
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#TownJanuary lowNights ≤32°July high
T161Florida Gulf Coast University College campusunincorporated, Lee County · 4,836 people092°average high
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Questions people ask
Which Florida town has the mildest winters?
Key West (Monroe County): January nights average a low of 65°. Stock Island (65°) and Big Coppitt Key (65°) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average January low (the coldest month’s nights), 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.
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