Subscribe to our newsletter. One of the most important natural resources, our climate is usually pleasant. Summers throughout the state are long, warm, and relatively humid.
Winters are mild with periodic invasions of cool to occasionally cold air.
Coastal areas in all sections of Florida average slightly warmer temperatures in winter and cooler ones in summer. In Florida, more people die from excessive heat than from lightning. The human body temperature rises dangerously when hot days combine with high relative humidity, because perspiration cannot evaporate and cool the body. Elderly persons and small children, or persons who are on certain medications, overweight, or have an alcohol habit are particularly vulnerable to heat stress. Florida's humid climate is attributed to the fact that no point in the state is more than 60 miles from salt water, and no more than 345 feet above sea level.