Miami 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 Miami Beach's primary NOAA station, MIAMI BEACH.
The climate verdict for Miami Beach
Warm-season cooling demand defines Miami Beach, Florida, running at more than twice its heating total. The NOAA normal records an annual average of 76°F. It scores 76/100 for climate comfort (good), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 69% of them.
- 76°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 76/100
- comfort score, above 69% of station-mapped location scores
- 57.2"
- precipitation, annual total
Miami Beach: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00092811 · Miami Beach, FL 76°F mean · 57.2" precip
TEMP-HOT · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-NARROW · COMF-TOP · LOAD-COOL · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-HOT 76°F
- RANK-WARM #6,792
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ N Miami Beach
- PRCP-WET 57.2"
- SWING-NARROW 16°F
- COMF-TOP 76/100
- LOAD-COOL 4,187 CDD
- STN-1 USW00092811
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: N Miami Beach, 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.
- Miami Beach (this station) 76°F
- Cold Fort Lauderdale, FL 76°F
- Hot Coral Springs, FL 76°F
- Near N Miami Beach, FL 76°F
- Near Royal Palm Rang…, FL 76°F
Miami 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 · Miami Beach
Miami Beach: 74/100 · grade B
Miami Beach publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Miami Beach, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 76/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 0 calendar days | 100/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.0 inches/year | 90/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 76.1°F · 8.6° from 67.5°F | 73/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 57.2 in · 22.2 from 35 in | 21/100 · F |
Miami Beach · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Miami Beach stays in the tropical Köppen band: Am
Year-round heat with a short dry season that still clears the monsoon precip floor: tropical monsoon (Am). Class Am is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: tropical, specifically tropical monsoon.
- Köppen code
- Am
- Group
- Tropical
- Warmest month
- 83.1°F
- Coldest month
- 67.4°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 Miami Beach sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Miami Beach's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 1% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Miami Beach sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 8% wettest
- Miami Beach's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 98%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Miami Beach is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Miami Beach compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Miami Beach's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
76 Top 31% score exceeds 69% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). This entry sits in this band.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Miami Beach's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 32 complete annual observations from 1928 to 2016, MIAMI BEACH warmed at a fitted rate of 0.23°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Miami Beach primary station fitted change +0.23 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 74°F (23°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 2.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 75°F (24°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 2.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 77°F (25°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 2.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 80°F (26°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 3.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| May | 83°F (28°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 4.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| June | 86°F (30°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 7.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 4.2 |
| July | 88°F (31°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 6.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 8.3 |
| August | 88°F (31°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 7.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 10.8 |
| September | 87°F (31°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 8.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 4.1 |
| October | 84°F (29°C) | 74°F (24°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 6.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| November | 79°F (26°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 76°F (24°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 2.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Miami Beach: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 61°F near January 14 and 88°F near August 5.
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 61°F around January 14.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is September 11, when 48% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is February 19 at 18%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 112 wet dates a year.
The widest day
January 14 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 13°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Miami Beach.
Where Miami Beach Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 57 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 13°F.
Miami 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 and snowfall
6.8 days with precipitation
5.3 days with precipitation
6.0 days with precipitation
6.4 days with precipitation
8.3 days with precipitation
13.5 days with precipitation
12.3 days with precipitation
13.4 days with precipitation
14.5 days with precipitation
11.6 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
5.9 days with precipitation
Miami Beach runs a summer-peaked wet season
37% of Miami 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 8.4", on an unusually narrow 15.7°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 41% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: December at 2.3".
- Winter share: 12% 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 Miami Beach, it arrives in quantity
57.2" of precipitation falls across only about 112 wet days here, averaging 0.51 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 112 a year, 31% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.51 inches
- Most wet days
- September, about 15
- Fewest wet days
- February, about 5
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.
Miami Beach's record shows no measurable snowfall
This station measured snowfall across the 1991-2020 period and recorded none: the annual normal is 0.0 inches. That is a measured zero rather than missing data, which is a meaningful distinction here , most stations in the database simply do not report snow at all, and those pages say nothing about it.
A thirty-year normal of zero describes the typical year at this station. It is not a claim that snow has never fallen in the area.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
139
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
4,187
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside FL closest to Miami 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 (76°F here).
- Brownsville, TX 76°F · 0.1°F off
- Needles, CA 76°F · 0.1°F off
- Kaneohe, HI 76°F · 0.2°F off
- Lihue, HI 76°F · 0.2°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (57.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Macon, MS 57.2" · 0.0" off
- Union Springs, AL 57.2" · 0.0" off
- Dennard, AR 57.2" · 0.0" off
- Wallace, NC 57.2" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Miami Beach's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · wet · low swing
Warm-season load persists through a relatively even calendar in Miami Beach. Cooling totals 4,187 degree days, more than double the 139 heating measure, and the 15.7°F seasonal range is compact rather than sharply divided.
Warm-season demand is paired with a wet annual normal: 57.2 inches of precipitation at Miami Beach. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. The month-by-month bars distinguish a concentrated wet season from moisture spread across the calendar.
Miami Beach's 15.7°F seasonal spread is compact even though precipitation is abundant. August and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 76°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 Miami 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 Miami 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 Miami 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 Miami Beach's primary station: MIAMI BEACH (USW00092811). 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 1245025). Match rule for Miami 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 Miami 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.