Daytona Beach, FL Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Daytona Beach's primary NOAA station, DAYTONA BEACH INTL AP - 2 stations mapped to the area.
The climate verdict for Daytona Beach
Warm-season cooling demand defines Daytona Beach, Florida, running at more than twice its heating total. The NOAA normal records an annual average of 72°F. July is the warmest month at 82°F and January the coldest at 59°F.
- 72°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 51.3"
- precipitation, annual total
Daytona Beach: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00012834 · Daytona Beach, FL 72°F mean · 51.3" precip
TEMP-HOT · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-NARROW · COMF-UNK · LOAD-COOL · STN-MULTI · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-HOT 72°F
- RANK-WARM #6,587
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Scottsmoor
- PRCP-WET 51.3"
- SWING-NARROW 23°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-COOL 3,112 CDD
- STN-MULTI USW00012834
- BOOK-FULL 5/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Scottsmoor, FL ( -0.1 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every FL station list.
- Daytona Beach (this station) 72°F
- Cold Ocala, FL 71°F
- Near Scottsmoor, FL 71°F
- Near Palm Coast, FL 71°F
- Near Crescent City, FL 71°F
Daytona Beach sits in Florida, the #1 hottest U.S. state at 72.6°F statewide annual average - see all 50 hottest states ranked by NOAA normals
Climate Living Index · Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach: 79/100 · grade B
Daytona Beach publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Daytona Beach, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 40 calendar days | 93/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 71.5°F · 4.0° from 67.5°F | 88/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 51.3 in · 16.3 from 35 in | 42/100 · D |
Daytona Beach · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
Daytona Beach is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 58.8°F and warmest-month mean 81.9°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 81.9°F
- Coldest month
- 58.8°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · cooling-led station
Where Daytona Beach sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Daytona Beach's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 4% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Daytona Beach sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 17% wettest
- Daytona Beach's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 95%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Daytona Beach is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Daytona Beach's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 79 complete annual observations from 1939 to 2025, DAYTONA BEACH INTL AP warmed at a fitted rate of 0.11°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Daytona Beach primary station fitted change +0.11 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69°F (21°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 2.7" | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 72°F (22°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 2.3" | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 76°F (24°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 3.6" | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| April | 80°F (27°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 2.2" | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| May | 85°F (29°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 3.7" | 0.0 | 6.6 |
| June | 89°F (31°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 6.9" | 0.0 | 12.5 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 6.0" | 0.0 | 19.5 |
| August | 90°F (32°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 6.6" | 0.0 | 17.2 |
| September | 87°F (31°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 7.2" | 0.0 | 7.0 |
| October | 82°F (28°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 74°F (24°C) | 4.8" | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| November | 76°F (24°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 2.8" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 72°F (22°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 2.3" | 0.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Daytona Beach runs from a mild 48°F around January 12 to 91°F at the peak near July 26, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 7 through August 15, covering 40 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs February 2 to December 26.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 48°F around January 12.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is August 26, when 49% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is April 28 at 20%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 119 wet dates a year.
The widest day
March 10 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 21°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Daytona Beach.
Where Daytona Beach Stands Nationally
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 21°F.
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 51 inches.
Daytona Beach earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
8.0 days with precipitation
6.7 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
6.3 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
14.7 days with precipitation
13.7 days with precipitation
14.8 days with precipitation
14.5 days with precipitation
10.8 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
Daytona Beach runs a summer-peaked wet season
38% of Daytona Beach's yearly precipitation falls in June, July and August alone, against the 25% an evenly spread year would give those three months. The wettest month is September at 7.2", on an unusually narrow 23.1°F seasonal spread. Warm-season convection and, across the Southwest, the North American monsoon produce this shape: rain arrives in short heavy bursts during the hottest part of the year rather than as long cool-season soaking.
- Wettest three months: September, June, August, taking 40% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: April at 2.2".
- Winter share: 14% falls in December, January and February.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A summer-peaked label means the June-August share reaches 35%; it describes timing across an average year, not any single season, and says nothing about how heavy an individual storm can be.
When it rains in Daytona Beach, it arrives in quantity
51.3" of precipitation falls across only about 119 wet days here, averaging 0.43 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 119 a year, 33% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.43 inches
- Most wet days
- August, about 15
- Fewest wet days
- April, about 6
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
January 8
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
January 30
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
708
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
3,112
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside FL closest to Daytona Beach on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (72°F here).
- Port O'connor, TX 72°F · 0.0°F off
- Presidio, TX 72°F · 0.0°F off
- Sinton, TX 72°F · 0.0°F off
- Freeport, TX 71°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (51.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Booneville, KY 51.3" · 0.0" off
- Elizabeth City, NC 51.3" · 0.0" off
- Williamsburg, VA 51.2" · 0.0" off
- Kingston, RI 51.3" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Daytona Beach's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · wet · low swing
Warm-season load persists through a relatively even calendar in Daytona Beach. Cooling totals 3,112 degree days, more than double the 708 heating measure, and the 23.1°F seasonal range is compact rather than sharply divided.
Warm-season demand is paired with a wet annual normal: 51.3 inches of precipitation at Daytona Beach. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The month-by-month bars distinguish a concentrated wet season from moisture spread across the calendar.
Daytona Beach's 23.1°F seasonal spread is compact even though precipitation is abundant. July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 72°F. Temperature is relatively steady; the monthly rows show how rain and snow observations vary across the calendar.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for Daytona Beach. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Daytona Beach's primary station, so the summer figures are a thirty-year average rather than a ceiling: individual years have run hotter and will again. For Daytona Beach that means a descriptive range only — not an official NOAA classification and not a prediction for next summer.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Daytona Beach's primary station: DAYTONA BEACH INTL AP (USW00012834). 2 NOAA stations are mapped to the Daytona Beach area; the primary station's record is used for consistency. For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 1216525). Match rule for Daytona Beach: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Daytona Beach comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.