It's almost summer, and the weather is starting to heat up.
With this in mind, Stacker compiled a list of the counties with the warmest summers in Florida using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information. Data represents the average temperatures from June to August 2022; the historic average is the average for these months from 1901 to 2000.
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#25. Highlands County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 83 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 81 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.1 degrees
#24. Okeechobee County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 83 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.3 degrees
#23. Flagler County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 83 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.6 degrees
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4 / 25#22. Hardee County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 83 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 81 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.3 degrees
#21. Citrus County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 83 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.5 degrees
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#20. Putnam County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 83 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.5 degrees
#19. Sumter County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 83 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.7 degrees
#18. Manatee County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 83 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 81 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.3 degrees
#17. Hernando County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 83 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.8 degrees
#15. Collier County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 83 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 82 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 1.3 degrees
#14. St. Lucie County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 83 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.6 degrees
#13. Palm Beach County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 83 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 81 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.3 degrees
#12. Miami-Dade County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 83 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 81 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 1.9 degrees
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16 / 25#10. Seminole County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 83 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 81 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.2 degrees
#9. Lake County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 83 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 81 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.8 degrees
#8. Broward County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 83 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 81 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.2 degrees
#7. Osceola County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 83 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 81 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.6 degrees
#6. Martin County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 83 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 81 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.9 degrees
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21 / 25#5. Orange County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 83 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 81 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.5 degrees
#4. Monroe County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 84 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 82 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 1.6 degrees
#3. Polk County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 84 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 81 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.8 degrees
#2. Hillsborough County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 84 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 81 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 3.1 degrees
