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United States › Florida › Jefferson County › Climate Station MONTICELLO 10 SW, FL US Distance 4.9 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Jefferson County home comfortable runs roughly $444 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Jefferson County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

90.6°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 41.5°F.

Jefferson County gets 58.55" of precipitation a year, and 37% of it falls in Jun, Jul, Aug.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

60° 80° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low Precip
January 63.1° 41.5° 4.64"
February 66.5° 43.7° 3.93"
March 72.8° 48.4° 4.74"
April 78.6° 54.2° 3.57"
May 85.5° 62.4° 3.73"
June 89.2° 69.3° 8.04"
July 90.6° 71.9° 7.21"
August 90.2° 71.5° 6.41"
September 87.1° 68.2° 6.15"
October 80.2° 58.1° 3.17"
November 71.4° 48.5° 2.98"
December 65.1° 43.0° 3.98"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 37% falling in the wettest three months (Jun, Jul, Aug).

January 4.64"
February 3.93"
March 4.74"
April 3.57"
May 3.73"
June 8.04"
July 7.21"
August 6.41"
September 6.15"
October 3.17"
November 2.98"
December 3.98"
Annual total 58.55"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 2,441
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 1,489
Approximate annual cooling cost At 14.99¢/kWh, Florida average $366
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $78

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Jefferson County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Jefferson County?

Jefferson County averages a high of 90.6°F in July and a low of 41.5°F in January. Annual precipitation is 58.55 inches, with essentially no snow.

When is the rainy season in Jefferson County?

The wettest stretch is Jun, Jul, Aug, which accounts for 37% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Jefferson County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 90.6°F. That drives 2,441 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Jefferson County?

The weather station used for Jefferson County, MONTICELLO 10 SW, FL US, reports temperature and precipitation but not snowfall, so there is no snow normal to quote here. Precipitation that falls as snow is still counted in the 58.55 inches above, measured as melted water.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station MONTICELLO 10 SW, FL US (USC00085880), 4.9 miles from the county centroid.
  • Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
  • Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
  • Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, Florida residential average.
  • Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.