Miami, Florida climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Miami's normal year runs from 61°F January nights to 91°F August afternoons, with 67.4 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 25.2°C, January lows of 16°C, August highs of 33°C, 1,712 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMiami International Airport
- Station IDUSW00012839
- Location25.79°N 80.32°W
- Elevation29 ft (9 m)
- From the center7 miles
- Population487,014
On October 23, the normal high in Miami is 85°F and the normal low 73°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 40%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Miami.
- Jan 76° 61°
- Feb 78° 63°
- Mar 81° 66°
- Apr 84° 70°
- May 87° 73°
- Jun 89° 76°
- Jul 91° 78°
- Aug 91° 78°
- Sep 89° 77°
- Oct 86° 74°
- Nov 81° 68°
- Dec 78° 64°
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 Miami each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 61°F. The most precipitation falls in June (10.51 in), the least in January (1.83 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 | 76°F | 61°F | 68.6°F | 1.83 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 10 h 40 min |
| February | 78°F | 63°F | 70.7°F | 2.15 | 7 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| March | 81°F | 66°F | 73.1°F | 2.46 | 6 | 1 | <1 | 12 h |
| April | 84°F | 70°F | 76.7°F | 3.36 | 7 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 40 min |
| May | 87°F | 73°F | 80.1°F | 6.32 | 11 | 6 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| June | 89°F | 76°F | 82.8°F | 10.51 | 18 | 15 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| July | 91°F | 78°F | 84.1°F | 7.36 | 17 | 24 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| August | 91°F | 78°F | 84.2°F | 9.58 | 19 | 25 | <1 | 13 h |
| September | 89°F | 77°F | 83.0°F | 10.22 | 18 | 15 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 86°F | 74°F | 80.1°F | 7.65 | 14 | 4 | <1 | 11 h 40 min |
| November | 81°F | 68°F | 74.8°F | 3.53 | 9 | <1 | <1 | 10 h 50 min |
| December | 78°F | 64°F | 71.2°F | 2.44 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 10 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 84°F | 71°F | 77.4°F | 67.41 | 141 | 91 | <1 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25°C | 16°C | 20.3°C | 46 mm |
| February | 26°C | 17°C | 21.5°C | 55 mm |
| March | 27°C | 19°C | 22.8°C | 62 mm |
| April | 29°C | 21°C | 24.8°C | 85 mm |
| May | 30°C | 23°C | 26.7°C | 161 mm |
| June | 32°C | 25°C | 28.2°C | 267 mm |
| July | 33°C | 25°C | 28.9°C | 187 mm |
| August | 33°C | 25°C | 29.0°C | 243 mm |
| September | 32°C | 25°C | 28.3°C | 260 mm |
| October | 30°C | 23°C | 26.7°C | 194 mm |
| November | 27°C | 20°C | 23.8°C | 90 mm |
| December | 26°C | 18°C | 21.8°C | 62 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00012839; 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 Miami?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in January, February, March, April, November and December. Of those, March 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 USW00012839.
What hardiness zone is each Miami ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Miami's 19 ZIP code areas are all in zone 11a. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
| ZIP code | Zone | Land in Miami |
|---|---|---|
| 33125 | 11a | 10.1 km² |
| 33126 | 11a | 5.5 km² |
| 33127 | 11a | 8.5 km² |
| 33128 | 11a | 1.1 km² |
| 33129 | 11a | 3.6 km² |
| 33130 | 11a | 2.8 km² |
| 33131 | 11a | 1.3 km² |
| 33132 | 11a | 3.9 km² |
| 33133 | 11a | 9.9 km² |
| 33134 | 11a | 2.9 km² |
| 33135 | 11a | 5.5 km² |
| 33136 | 11a | 3.6 km² |
| 33137 | 11a | 5.2 km² |
| 33138 | 11a | 5.0 km² |
| 33142 | 11a | 7.5 km² |
| 33144 | 11a | 2.4 km² |
| 33145 | 11a | 6.6 km² |
| 33149 | 11a | 3.3 km² |
| 33150 | 11a | 3.0 km² |
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 Miami?
In a normal year in Miami, 91 days a year reach 90°F, nights almost never fall to freezing and 141 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 91a 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
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 141a normal year
The highest temperature in Miami's official record (kept by the National Weather Service since 1895) is 100°F, on July 21, 1942; the lowest is 27°F, on February 3, 1917.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1959, with 89.33 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00012839; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), NWS threaded record MIAthr. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How humid and windy is Miami, and how clear are its skies?
The summer (June-August) dew point averages 74°F. The muggiest month is August, with an average dew point of 75°F, above the 65°F at which most people call the air sticky; the driest air comes in January (59°F). April is the windiest month (9.4 mph on average), and February has the most clear or nearly clear hours (38%).
| Month | Dew point | Humidity | Afternoon humidity | Wind | Clear or few clouds | Overcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59°F | 71% | 57% | 8.2 mph | 35% | 14% |
| February | 61°F | 69% | 55% | 9.0 mph | 38% | 11% |
| March | 63°F | 67% | 54% | 9.4 mph | 35% | 9% |
| April | 66°F | 68% | 56% | 9.4 mph | 35% | 10% |
| May | 71°F | 73% | 64% | 8.0 mph | 26% | 17% |
| June | 74°F | 74% | 65% | 7.0 mph | 17% | 16% |
| July | 74°F | 73% | 64% | 6.9 mph | 23% | 10% |
| August | 75°F | 76% | 67% | 6.9 mph | 21% | 14% |
| September | 73°F | 76% | 67% | 7.6 mph | 19% | 19% |
| October | 67°F | 71% | 60% | 8.6 mph | 34% | 14% |
| November | 63°F | 71% | 59% | 7.9 mph | 36% | 12% |
| December | 60°F | 73% | 59% | 8.0 mph | 33% | 13% |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 hourly normals, station USW00012839. Monthly averages of all hours; afternoon humidity at 3 p.m. local standard time; sky as the share of hours NOAA's observations rate clear or few clouds (a dash where NOAA publishes no sky value).
How sunny is Miami?
Over a year 80% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Miami, 5.0 kWh per square metre a day. April is the sunniest month (85%) and June the cloudiest (75%). Among the 459 U.S. places of 50,000 or more, that ranks tied 125th (with 50 others) in sunshine.
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 80% | 3.7 |
| February | 81% | 4.5 |
| March | 84% | 5.5 |
| April | 85% | 6.2 |
| May | 82% | 6.3 |
| June | 75% | 5.7 |
| July | 79% | 5.9 |
| August | 79% | 5.6 |
| September | 77% | 5.0 |
| October | 80% | 4.5 |
| November | 81% | 3.9 |
| December | 81% | 3.5 |
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 Miami need?
A normal year in Miami brings 104 heating degree days, 98% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 4,656 cooling degree days, 5.1 times the median (908). No month reaches 300 heating degree days. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 10,028 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 44 | 156 |
| February | 22 | 182 |
| March | 8 | 260 |
| April | 1 | 352 |
| May | 0 | 467 |
| June | 0 | 534 |
| July | 0 | 591 |
| August | 0 | 595 |
| September | 0 | 539 |
| October | 0 | 467 |
| November | 3 | 297 |
| December | 26 | 219 |
| Year (annual) | 104 | 4,656 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00012839. 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 Miami been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 78.3°F, 0.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 77.4°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 78.3°F | +0.9°F | 61.27 |
| 2022 | 78.9°F | +1.5°F | 71.55 |
| 2023 | 79.8°F | +2.4°F | 83.43 |
| 2024 | 78.6°F | +1.2°F | 69.56 |
| 2025 | 78.3°F | +0.9°F | 57.93 |
Over 120 complete years from 1896 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.5°F per century (+0.20°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00012839; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Miami's climate compare?
Miami is warmer than 101 of the other 105 places with their own NOAA record in Florida, and wetter than 90. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 77.4°F is warmer than 100%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Miami is Am: tropical monsoon. 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 Miami share this climate record?
5 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.
- Doral, FLalso near: Hialeah (4 mi, 76.6°F a year); Tamiami (4 mi, 76.7°F a year)83,625 people · 3 mi NW
- Fountainebleau, FLalso near: Tamiami (3 mi, 76.7°F a year); Hialeah (5 mi, 76.6°F a year)56,453 people · 2 mi SW
- Coral Terrace, FL24,051 people · 3 mi S
- South Miami, FL13,207 people · 6 mi S
- West Miami, FL7,247 people · 3 mi SE
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 Miami's other NOAA stations record?
3 more NOAA stations keep 1991-2020 normals in or near Miami. This page uses Miami International Airport; the others differ by site and elevation, and the linked ones have pages of their own:
| Station | From the center | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Opa Locka Airport USW00012882 | 10 mi NW | 10 ft | 76.9°F | 59°F | 91°F | 62.6 | – | – |
| Miami Kendall Tamiami Exec Airport USW00012888 | 17 mi SW | 10 ft | 76.2°F | 57°F | 91°F | 56.1 | – | – |
| Miami Weather Office City USW00012859 | 6 mi SW | 15 ft | 77.4°F | 64°F | 89°F | 51.0 | 0 | – |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Miami's climate
What is the coldest month in Miami?
January, with a normal high of 76°F and a normal low of 61°F. The warmest is August (91°F by day, 78°F at night).
Does it snow in Miami?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Miami?
June, with 10.51 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.83 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Miami in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Miami in zone 11a across its 19 ZIP code areas (11a in 33125, the largest). By the same method at Miami's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 43°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 11a.
Nearby and next
- Miami in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Florida climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Hialeah, FL2 miles from this station, 76.6°F a year
- Tamiami, FL5 miles from this station, 76.7°F a year
- Miami Opa Locka Airport, FL8 miles from this station, 76.9°F a year
- Miami Beach, FL11 miles from this station, 76.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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