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Branford, Florida Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Bell 4NW, 18.2 km from Branford

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 90°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 40°F. A normal year brings 54.4 in of precipitation.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Live Oak (24J), since 1898. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Branford through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
86°F
Normal low
67°F
Record high
97°Fin 2011
Record low
52°Fin 1990
Chance of a wet day
32%
Daylight
12 h 05 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January65°F40°F86°F (1989)6°F (1985)4.05 in8.410.340011
February68°F43°F90°F (1918)5°F (1899)3.92 in7.25.827317
March75°F47°F93°F (1908)19°F (1980)3.66 in7.12.516540
April80°F53°F98°F (2011)31°F (1987)2.40 in5.80.256101
May86°F61°F102°F (1916)38°F (2020)3.40 in6.10.06274
June90°F69°F106°F (1985)47°F (1984)6.57 in13.00.00427
July90°F71°F104°F (1992)60°F (1975)7.83 in16.30.00474
August90°F71°F104°F (1918)58°F (2002)9.18 in16.40.00476
September87°F68°F100°F (1910)43°F (1967)4.92 in11.00.01386
October80°F58°F98°F (1911)27°F (1952)3.51 in6.70.242176
November73°F48°F96°F (2024)15°F (1970)2.36 in5.62.217441
December67°F43°F86°F (1998)6°F (1962)2.56 in7.56.833320
Year79°F56°F54.36 in111281,4492,443

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

54.4 in in a normal year, most in August.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Branford, in percent.0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Bell 4NW. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around March 14 and the first fall freeze around November 22, a growing season of about 254 days.

Median at 36°F
last March 27, first November 12
Median at 32°F
last March 14, first November 22
Median at 28°F
last February 28, first December 6

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Branford.

The muggiest month is August, when 100 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 65°F or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January46°F81%69%17%11%3%0%0%
February50°F81%63%19%16%3%0%0%
March54°F79%49%20%21%10%0%0%
April58°F74%30%20%27%20%3%0%
May64°F70%11%16%24%34%16%0%
June71°F76%0%2%6%23%61%9%
July74°F79%0%0%1%5%64%30%
August74°F82%0%0%1%5%56%39%
September71°F82%1%2%7%20%58%11%
October62°F79%19%14%20%27%18%1%
November53°F78%51%17%17%11%4%0%
December49°F81%64%16%15%6%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is October, with the sky 47 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is June, at 61 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is February, averaging 6.5 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 19, with 14 h 05 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 16, with 10 h 13 min.

Hours of daylight at Branford through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

How Suwannee County is running

NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, from the nClimGrid analysis of every station, updated early each month. A rank of 1 is the highest or lowest of all years since 1895.

August 2026 in Suwannee County: 82.5°F (+1.2 °F against 1991-2020), the 7th warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Suwannee County: 8.70 in (+1.58 in against 1991-2020), the 33rd wettest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Suwannee County: 70.9°F (+1.4 °F against 1991-2020), the 7th warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Suwannee County: 31.69 in (-8.52 in against 1991-2020), the 21st driest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
83.6°F in 2023
Coolest August
78.7°F in 1922
Wettest August
15.86 in in 1970
Driest August
2.34 in in 1984

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Suwannee County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-4-20+2+41900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

Florida climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Branford in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1898. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00080598 (Bell 4NW), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00085099, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.