Melbourne Beach, Florida climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Melbourne Beach's normal year runs from 54°F January nights to 90°F August afternoons. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 22.9°C, January lows of 12°C, August highs of 32°C.
- NOAA stationMelbourne Beach A1a
- Station IDUSC00085603
- Location28.05°N 80.55°W
- Elevation12 ft (4 m)
- Population3,273
On October 13, the normal high in Melbourne Beach is 84°F and the normal low 71°F.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Melbourne Beach.
- Jan 71° 54°
- Feb 72° 56°
- Mar 76° 59°
- Apr 80° 65°
- May 84° 69°
- Jun 87° 73°
- Jul 90° 74°
- Aug 90° 75°
- Sep 88° 75°
- Oct 84° 71°
- Nov 78° 64°
- Dec 72° 58°
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 Melbourne Beach each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 54°F.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71°F | 54°F | 62.1°F | – | <1 | <1 | 10 h 30 min |
| February | 72°F | 56°F | 63.9°F | – | <1 | <1 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 76°F | 59°F | 67.4°F | – | <1 | <1 | 12 h |
| April | 80°F | 65°F | 72.4°F | – | 2 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 84°F | 69°F | 76.5°F | – | 3 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| June | 87°F | 73°F | 80.2°F | – | 8 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| July | 90°F | 74°F | 81.8°F | – | 15 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| August | 90°F | 75°F | 82.1°F | – | 14 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| September | 88°F | 75°F | 81.1°F | – | 7 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 84°F | 71°F | 77.0°F | – | 1 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 78°F | 64°F | 70.5°F | – | <1 | <1 | 10 h 50 min |
| December | 72°F | 58°F | 65.0°F | – | <1 | <1 | 10 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 81°F | 66°F | 73.3°F | – | 50 | <1 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21°C | 12°C | 16.7°C |
| February | 22°C | 13°C | 17.7°C |
| March | 24°C | 15°C | 19.7°C |
| April | 27°C | 18°C | 22.4°C |
| May | 29°C | 21°C | 24.7°C |
| June | 31°C | 23°C | 26.8°C |
| July | 32°C | 23°C | 27.7°C |
| August | 32°C | 24°C | 27.8°C |
| September | 31°C | 24°C | 27.3°C |
| October | 29°C | 21°C | 25.0°C |
| November | 25°C | 18°C | 21.4°C |
| December | 22°C | 14°C | 18.3°C |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00085603; 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 Melbourne Beach?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in January, February, March, April, May, October, November and December.
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 USC00085603.
When is the last frost in Melbourne Beach?
A night at 32°F or colder comes in only 13% of years in Melbourne Beach (NOAA). NOAA's median date of the last spring frost is January 16 and of the first autumn frost January 13.
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 365 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 365 days.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Melbourne Beach in zone 10a in ZIP code 32951.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Florida · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00085603; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Melbourne Beach?
In a normal year in Melbourne Beach, 50 days a year reach 90°F and nights almost never fall to freezing.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 50a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00085603.
How sunny is Melbourne Beach?
Over a year 80% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Melbourne Beach, 4.9 kWh per square metre a day. April is the sunniest month (84%) and December the cloudiest (76%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 77% | 3.3 |
| February | 78% | 4.0 |
| March | 81% | 5.1 |
| April | 84% | 6.1 |
| May | 84% | 6.4 |
| June | 79% | 6.0 |
| July | 81% | 6.1 |
| August | 81% | 5.7 |
| September | 79% | 5.0 |
| October | 80% | 4.3 |
| November | 78% | 3.5 |
| December | 76% | 3.0 |
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 Melbourne Beach need?
A normal year in Melbourne Beach brings 371 heating degree days, 93% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,425 cooling degree days, 3.8 times the median (908). No month reaches 300 heating degree days. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 8,538 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 133 | 42 |
| February | 85 | 54 |
| March | 46 | 120 |
| April | 4 | 224 |
| May | 0 | 357 |
| June | 0 | 454 |
| July | 0 | 521 |
| August | 0 | 529 |
| September | 0 | 483 |
| October | 2 | 374 |
| November | 23 | 188 |
| December | 79 | 79 |
| Year (annual) | 371 | 3,425 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00085603. 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.
How does Melbourne Beach's climate compare?
Melbourne Beach is warmer than 64 of the other 105 places with their own NOAA record in Florida. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 73.3°F is warmer than 98%.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers.
Which places near Melbourne Beach share this climate record?
2 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.
- Malabar, FL3,175 people · 5 mi S
- Indialantic, FL3,117 people · 2 mi NW
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Melbourne Beach's climate
What is the coldest month in Melbourne Beach?
January, with a normal high of 71°F and a normal low of 54°F. The warmest is August (90°F by day, 75°F at night).
What plant hardiness zone is Melbourne Beach in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Melbourne Beach in zone 10a in ZIP code 32951.
Nearby and next
- Florida climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Melbourne, FL6 miles from this station, 73.1°F a year
- Palm Bay, FL11 miles from this station, 72.6°F a year
- Kenansville, FL33 miles from this station, 72.5°F a year
- Vero Beach, FL34 miles from this station, 73.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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