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Weather extremes

How extreme does Jacksonville's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Jacksonville has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the Little Rock Afb station 7 km away. Updated through May 2026 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Jacksonville has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
113°F Jul 31, 1986

That is about 20°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Jacksonville (typical high near 93°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 113°F Jul 31, 1986
2 111°F Jul 16, 1980
3 111°F Aug 30, 2000
❄️ Coldest night
-6°F Feb 16, 2021

About 41°F colder than a normal February night in Jacksonville (typical low near 35°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -6°F Feb 16, 2021recent
2 -3°F Jan 17, 2024
3 -1°F Dec 30, 1983
🌧️ Most rain in one day
7.95 in Sep 3, 2008

More rain in a single day than Jacksonville usually gets in the whole month of September (typical September total about 3.2 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 7.95 in Sep 3, 2008
2 6.38 in Apr 21, 1974
3 5.87 in Nov 18, 1988
Most snow in one day
11.9 in Jan 6, 1988

Close to a whole typical January's snow in one day (Jacksonville averages about 1 in across the month).

The three most extreme on record

1 11.9 in Jan 6, 1988
2 8.0 in Dec 25, 2012
3 8.0 in Feb 15, 2021

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 113°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Jacksonville's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 113°F is about 20°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Jacksonville's warmest days reach the low 90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 30s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 113°F and as low as −6°F. A single day has delivered over 8 inches of rain or close to 12 inches of snow. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 28 years of daily observations at Little Rock Afb, a weather station, about 7 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

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