Daytona Beach, Florida climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Daytona Beach's normal year runs from 49°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 51.3 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 21.9°C, January lows of 9°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,302 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationDaytona Beach International Airport
- Station IDUSW00012834
- Location29.18°N 81.05°W
- Elevation31 ft (9 m)
- Population86,015
On October 23, the normal high in Daytona Beach is 81°F and the normal low 65°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 31%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Daytona Beach.
- Jan 69° 49°
- Feb 72° 51°
- Mar 76° 55°
- Apr 80° 60°
- May 85° 66°
- Jun 89° 72°
- Jul 90° 74°
- Aug 90° 74°
- Sep 87° 73°
- Oct 82° 67°
- Nov 76° 58°
- Dec 72° 52°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Daytona Beach each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 49°F. The most precipitation falls in September (7.15 in), the least in April (2.23 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69°F | 49°F | 58.8°F | 2.73 | 8 | <1 | 2 | 10 h 30 min |
| February | 72°F | 51°F | 61.4°F | 2.34 | 7 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 76°F | 55°F | 65.2°F | 3.63 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 12 h |
| April | 80°F | 60°F | 70.2°F | 2.23 | 6 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 85°F | 66°F | 75.6°F | 3.69 | 7 | 7 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 89°F | 72°F | 80.2°F | 6.94 | 15 | 13 | <1 | 14 h |
| July | 90°F | 74°F | 81.9°F | 6.01 | 14 | 20 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| August | 90°F | 74°F | 81.9°F | 6.58 | 15 | 17 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| September | 87°F | 73°F | 80.1°F | 7.15 | 15 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 82°F | 67°F | 74.4°F | 4.85 | 11 | 1 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 76°F | 58°F | 67.0°F | 2.76 | 7 | <1 | <1 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 72°F | 52°F | 61.8°F | 2.34 | 8 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 81°F | 63°F | 71.5°F | 51.25 | 119 | 65 | 3 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21°C | 9°C | 14.9°C | 69 mm |
| February | 22°C | 11°C | 16.3°C | 59 mm |
| March | 24°C | 13°C | 18.4°C | 92 mm |
| April | 27°C | 16°C | 21.2°C | 57 mm |
| May | 29°C | 19°C | 24.2°C | 94 mm |
| June | 31°C | 22°C | 26.8°C | 176 mm |
| July | 32°C | 23°C | 27.7°C | 153 mm |
| August | 32°C | 23°C | 27.7°C | 167 mm |
| September | 31°C | 23°C | 26.7°C | 182 mm |
| October | 28°C | 19°C | 23.6°C | 123 mm |
| November | 24°C | 14°C | 19.4°C | 70 mm |
| December | 22°C | 11°C | 16.6°C | 59 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00012834; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Daytona Beach?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in January, February, March, April, May, October, November and December. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (6).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00012834.
When is the last frost in Daytona Beach?
In Daytona Beach, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after January 30 in half of years and after February 26 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before January 8 in half of years and before December 10 in one year in ten. A night at 32°F or colder comes at all in 75% of years here (NOAA).
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- January 301 year in 10 after February 26; 9 in 10 after December 31
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- January 81 year in 10 before December 10; 9 in 10 before February 7
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 340 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 365 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 17 in half of springs and before January 10 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Daytona Beach in zones 9b to 10a across its 5 ZIP code areas (9b in 32124, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Daytona Beach's NOAA station is in zone 9b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 30°F (30 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Florida · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00012834; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
What hardiness zone is each Daytona Beach ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Daytona Beach's 5 ZIP code areas run from zone 9b to 10a: 2 in 10a and 3 in 9b. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in Daytona Beach?
In a normal year in Daytona Beach, 65 days a year reach 90°F, 3 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 119 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 65a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 3a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 119a normal year
The highest temperature in Daytona Beach's official record (kept by the National Weather Service since 1923) is 102°F, on June 24, 1944; the lowest is 15°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1953, with 79.29 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00012834; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), NWS threaded record DABthr. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Daytona Beach?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Daytona Beach, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. April is the sunniest month (83%) and June the cloudiest (75%). Among the 459 U.S. places of 50,000 or more, that ranks tied 210th (with 32 others) in sunshine.
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 77% | 3.2 |
| February | 75% | 3.9 |
| March | 80% | 5.1 |
| April | 83% | 6.1 |
| May | 83% | 6.4 |
| June | 75% | 5.8 |
| July | 76% | 5.8 |
| August | 76% | 5.4 |
| September | 76% | 4.8 |
| October | 79% | 4.3 |
| November | 79% | 3.4 |
| December | 77% | 2.9 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Daytona Beach need?
A normal year in Daytona Beach brings 708 heating degree days, 87% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,112 cooling degree days, 3.4 times the median (908). No month reaches 300 heating degree days. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 7,925 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 226 | 33 |
| February | 146 | 45 |
| March | 85 | 90 |
| April | 20 | 174 |
| May | 1 | 330 |
| June | 0 | 456 |
| July | 0 | 522 |
| August | 0 | 525 |
| September | 0 | 453 |
| October | 8 | 301 |
| November | 61 | 121 |
| December | 161 | 62 |
| Year (annual) | 708 | 3,112 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00012834. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Daytona Beach been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 72.1°F, 0.6°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 71.5°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 72.6°F | +1.1°F | 47.37 |
| 2022 | 73.1°F | +1.6°F | 53.43 |
| 2023 | 73.7°F | +2.2°F | 61.06 |
| 2024 | 73.1°F | +1.6°F | 51.98 |
| 2025 | 72.1°F | +0.6°F | 50.72 |
Over 79 complete years from 1939 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.9°F per century (+0.11°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00012834; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Daytona Beach's climate compare?
Daytona Beach is warmer than 45 of the other 105 places with their own NOAA record in Florida, and wetter than 26. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 71.5°F is warmer than 96%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Daytona Beach is Cfa: temperate, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Daytona Beach share this climate record?
6 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Port Orange, FLalso near: New Smyrna Beach (8 mi, 72.0°F a year); DeLand (19 mi, 70.3°F a year)66,556 people · 5 mi SE
- Ormond Beach, FL44,596 people · 8 mi NW
- South Daytona, FL13,906 people · 3 mi SE
- Holly Hill, FL13,183 people · 4 mi N
- Ormond-by-the-Sea, FL6,962 people · 11 mi N
- Daytona Beach Shores, FL5,223 people · 4 mi E
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
What do Daytona Beach's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Daytona Beach. This page uses Daytona Beach International Airport; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daytona Beach station USC00082150 | 3 mi E | 29 ft | 71.9°F | 49°F | 89°F | 53.5 | – | February 3 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Daytona Beach's climate
What is the coldest month in Daytona Beach?
January, with a normal high of 69°F and a normal low of 49°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 74°F at night).
What is the rainiest month in Daytona Beach?
September, with 7.15 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is April with 2.23 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Daytona Beach in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Daytona Beach in zones 9b to 10a across its 5 ZIP code areas (9b in 32124, the largest). By the same method at Daytona Beach's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 30°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 9b.
How late can frost come in Daytona Beach?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after January 30; in one year in ten it comes after February 26. Waiting until February 26 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Daytona Beach in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Florida climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- New Smyrna Beach, FL13 miles from this station, 72.0°F a year
- DeLand, FL19 miles from this station, 70.3°F a year
- Sanford, FL30 miles from this station, 73.2°F a year
- Palm Coast, FL32 miles from this station, 71.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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