Lehigh Acres, Florida Weather
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Lehigh Acres weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
Conditions updated 12:40 AM EDT · Open-Meteo
- TodaySep 21Drizzle later47%0.04″86°71°—
- TuesdaySep 22Light Drizzle86%—85°71°-1°
- WednesdaySep 23Thunderstorm77%—89°77°+4°
- ThursdaySep 24Showers63%—87°75°-2°
- FridaySep 25Light Drizzle41%—89°75°+2°
- SaturdaySep 26Overcast39%—87°71°-2°
- SundaySep 27Partly Cloudy35%—86°70°-1°
Air quality now AQI 39 · Good
AQI 39 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points).
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
September dries up ditches or breaks down bridges.
- Moonrise
- 4:26 PM
- Moonset
- 2:23 AM
- In sign
- ♑︎ Capricorn
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Lehigh Acres at a glance
- Today vs. normal: Today averages 79°F (high 86°F, low 71°F), 2°F below the 81°F normal for Sep 21
- Last frost: None in most years — 32°F in 15% of 1991–2020 years (NOAA station 14 km away)
- Microseason: Sep 21–25
- Planting calendar: September — plant lettuce, peas, spinach, tomatoes, peppers, beans, squash; harvest summer squash, winter squash
15-Day Forecast — Lehigh Acres
- Mon86°71°47%
- Tue85°71°86%
- Wed89°77°77%
- Thu87°75°63%
- Fri89°75°41%
- Sat87°71°39%
- Sun86°70°35%
- Mon85°69°39%
- Tue88°70°45%
- Wed86°72°47%
- Thu86°73°71%
- Fri77°73°65%
- Sat87°74°74%
- Sun91°75°74%
- Mon90°74°74%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Live wind & temperature near Lehigh Acres
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Right now in the garden
Year-round growing
As of September 21, sowing here runs through the year. Freezes are uncommon, so there is no frost date to plan around; heat and rainfall set the calendar instead. This city's planting calendar for September: plant lettuce, peas, spinach, tomatoes, peppers, beans, and squash; harvest summer squash and winter squash.
SPC Convective Outlook
Storm Prediction Center — Lehigh Acres
SPC includes Lehigh Acres in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.
- TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
- TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
- DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.
Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook.
Sun & seasons in Lehigh Acres
Lehigh Acres sits in Lee County, where the year’s longest day runs 13h 49m of daylight and its shortest just 10h 28m — a swing of +3h 21m between the June and December solstices. Clocks spring forward on Sunday, March 8, 2026 and fall back on Sunday, November 1, 2026.
Miami, the state’s largest city, lies about 105 miles to the ESE. The nearest town Lehigh Acres tracks is Florida Gulf Coast University, roughly 13 miles to the SW.
Air quality in Lehigh Acres
Air quality in Lehigh Acres’s county has trended cleaner since 2020; its cleanest year on record was 2023 (median AQI 35). See the full air-quality history for Lehigh Acres.
Planting calendar
| Month | Plant | Harvest |
|---|---|---|
| January | lettuce, peas, spinach, radishes, tomatoes, peppers, beans, squash | lettuce, peas, spinach, radishes, tomatoes, peppers, beans, summer squash, winter squash |
| February | lettuce, peas, spinach, radishes, tomatoes, peppers, beans, squash | lettuce, peas, spinach, radishes, tomatoes, peppers, beans, summer squash, winter squash |
| March | spinach, radishes, tomatoes, peppers, beans, squash | lettuce, peas, spinach, radishes, tomatoes, peppers, beans, summer squash, winter squash |
| April | tomatoes, peppers, beans, squash | lettuce, peas, spinach, radishes, tomatoes, peppers, beans, summer squash, winter squash |
| May | squash | tomatoes, peppers, beans, summer squash, winter squash |
| June | peppers, squash | tomatoes, peppers, beans, summer squash, winter squash |
| July | tomatoes, peppers, squash | tomatoes, peppers, summer squash, winter squash |
| August | lettuce, peas, tomatoes, peppers, beans, squash | summer squash, winter squash |
| September | lettuce, peas, spinach, tomatoes, peppers, beans, squash | summer squash, winter squash |
| October | lettuce, peas, spinach, radishes, tomatoes, peppers, beans, squash | peppers, beans, summer squash, winter squash |
| November | lettuce, peas, spinach, radishes, tomatoes, peppers, beans, squash | lettuce, peas, spinach, radishes, tomatoes, peppers, beans, summer squash, winter squash |
| December | lettuce, peas, spinach, radishes, tomatoes, peppers, beans, squash | lettuce, peas, spinach, radishes, tomatoes, peppers, beans, summer squash, winter squash |
A year in weather
Lehigh Acres's warmest month is August (~84°F mean) and its coldest is January (~65°F). Rainfall peaks in June (10.3 inches) and bottoms out in February (1.5 inches).
| Month | Mean temp | Precip | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65° | 2.4″ | 8 |
| February | 67° | 1.5″ | 7 |
| March | 70° | 1.9″ | 7 |
| April | 74° | 1.9″ | 7 |
| May | 78° | 3.0″ | 9 |
| June | 82° | 10.3″ | 17 |
| July | 83° | 8.6″ | 19 |
| August | 84° | 8.8″ | 20 |
| September | 82° | 8.5″ | 17 |
| October | 78° | 3.1″ | 8 |
| November | 72° | 1.9″ | 7 |
| December | 67° | 1.6″ | 8 |
Regional context
Similar climates Gateway, FL, Buckingham, FL, Charleston Park, FL
By the nearest station's NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals, Lehigh Acres sees 65°F Januarys and 83°F Julys, an 18°F range, plus around 53.4 inches of precipitation across 132 days.
Precipitation in Lehigh Acres runs summer-dominant: June averages 10.3 inches across 17.3 days of warm-season storms, while February drops to 1.5 inches over 6.7 rainy days of drier cool air. That puts Lehigh Acres in a summer-convective cohort with places like Gateway, FL, Buckingham, FL and Charleston Park, FL.
Lehigh Acres rarely sees a hard freeze — its coldest month sits near 65°F — so planting spans most of the calendar. Heat peaks in August around 84°F, which confines cool-season crops to the shoulders of summer. Lehigh Acres beds by a wall stay warmer at night.
Similar climates: Gateway, FL, Buckingham, FL, Charleston Park, FL, Alva, FL, Olga, FL.
Frequently asked
- When does it freeze in Lehigh Acres?
- Most years Lehigh Acres doesn't freeze: the nearest NOAA station reached 32°F in 15% of 1991–2020 years, so Lehigh Acres has no reliable frost date.
- What is the rainy season in Lehigh Acres?
- Lehigh Acres sees its heaviest rain in June (around 10.3 inches), part of roughly 53 inches a year.
- What is the warmest month in Lehigh Acres?
- Lehigh Acres peaks in August, when the mean runs near 84°F.
- What is the coldest month in Lehigh Acres?
- January is Lehigh Acres's coldest month, averaging about 65°F.
- When can I start a vegetable garden in Lehigh Acres?
- Lehigh Acres has no frost date to wait for, so sowing runs year-round; lettuce and greens do best when Lehigh Acres's coldest month settles near 65°F.
- How many rainy days does Lehigh Acres get?
- Expect roughly 132 wet days a year in Lehigh Acres.
- What hardiness zone is Lehigh Acres?
- Because Lehigh Acres bottoms near 65°F in January, that winter low sets Lehigh Acres's USDA zone — verify by ZIP.
- What is the 10-day forecast for Lehigh Acres?
- Lehigh Acres's extended outlook — daily high and low temperatures and precipitation chances for each upcoming day — is in the daily forecast above.
- Will it rain this week in Lehigh Acres?
- See this week's day-by-day rain chances for Lehigh Acres in the daily forecast above, and the next 24 hours in the hourly chart.
- What is the weather like right now in Lehigh Acres?
- Current conditions for Lehigh Acres and the next 24 hours — temperature, precipitation chance, and wind by the hour — are in the hourly forecast chart above.
- How often is the Lehigh Acres forecast updated?
- The Lehigh Acres forecast on this page is built from Open-Meteo weather-model data and refreshes regularly through the day.
- When are sunrise and sunset in Lehigh Acres?
- Today's sunrise and sunset times for Lehigh Acres are in the Almanac section above, along with civil dawn, civil dusk, and day length. Day length is longest near the summer solstice and shortest near the winter solstice.
- How accurate is the weather forecast for Lehigh Acres?
- The next few days in Lehigh Acres's forecast are the most reliable; accuracy declines beyond about a week as weather-model uncertainty grows.
Lehigh Acres sits at 26.6°N; its climate zone is humid subtropical (Köppen approximation).
ZIP codes in Lehigh Acres
- 33936
- 33970
- 33971
- 33972
- 33973
- 33974
- 33976