New Smyrna Beach, Florida climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
New Smyrna Beach's normal year runs from 52°F January nights to 88°F July afternoons, with 50.6 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 22.2°C, January lows of 11°C, July highs of 31°C, 1,284 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationNew Smyrna Beach - Marine Discov
- Station IDUSC00087261
- Location29.04°N 80.92°W
- Elevation16 ft (5 m)
- Population33,144
On October 14, the normal high in New Smyrna Beach is 83°F and the normal low 68°F.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for New Smyrna Beach.
- Jan 68° 52°
- Feb 70° 53°
- Mar 73° 57°
- Apr 79° 63°
- May 83° 68°
- Jun 87° 73°
- Jul 88° 75°
- Aug 89° 75°
- Sep 86° 74°
- Oct 82° 68°
- Nov 76° 62°
- Dec 71° 54°
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 New Smyrna Beach each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 88°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 52°F. The most precipitation falls in June (7.45 in), the least in November (2.32 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 | 68°F | 52°F | 60.0°F | 2.76 | – | <1 | 1 | 10 h 30 min |
| February | 70°F | 53°F | 61.4°F | 2.47 | – | <1 | <1 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 73°F | 57°F | 65.0°F | 3.00 | – | <1 | <1 | 12 h |
| April | 79°F | 63°F | 71.0°F | 2.62 | – | 1 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 83°F | 68°F | 75.8°F | 3.72 | – | 3 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| June | 87°F | 73°F | 79.8°F | 7.45 | – | 8 | <1 | 14 h |
| July | 88°F | 75°F | 81.6°F | 6.06 | – | 13 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| August | 89°F | 75°F | 81.6°F | 6.47 | – | 16 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| September | 86°F | 74°F | 80.3°F | 6.88 | – | 6 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 82°F | 68°F | 75.2°F | 4.49 | – | 1 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 76°F | 62°F | 69.1°F | 2.32 | – | <1 | <1 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 71°F | 54°F | 62.8°F | 2.32 | – | <1 | 1 | 10 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 80°F | 64°F | 72.0°F | 50.56 | – | 48 | 2 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20°C | 11°C | 15.6°C | 70 mm |
| February | 21°C | 11°C | 16.3°C | 63 mm |
| March | 23°C | 14°C | 18.3°C | 76 mm |
| April | 26°C | 17°C | 21.7°C | 67 mm |
| May | 28°C | 20°C | 24.3°C | 94 mm |
| June | 30°C | 23°C | 26.6°C | 189 mm |
| July | 31°C | 24°C | 27.6°C | 154 mm |
| August | 31°C | 24°C | 27.6°C | 164 mm |
| September | 30°C | 24°C | 26.8°C | 175 mm |
| October | 28°C | 20°C | 24.0°C | 114 mm |
| November | 24°C | 17°C | 20.6°C | 59 mm |
| December | 22°C | 12°C | 17.1°C | 59 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00087261; 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 New Smyrna 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 USC00087261.
When is the last frost in New Smyrna Beach?
A night at 32°F or colder comes in only 48% of years in New Smyrna Beach (NOAA). NOAA's median date of the last spring frost is January 28 and of the first autumn frost January 9.
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 365 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 365 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 14 in half of springs and before January 10 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts New Smyrna Beach in zones 9b to 10a across its 2 ZIP code areas (9b in 32168, the largest).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Florida · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00087261; 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.
What hardiness zone is each New Smyrna Beach ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. New Smyrna Beach's 2 ZIP code areas run from zone 9b to 10a: 1 in 10a and 1 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 New Smyrna Beach?
In a normal year in New Smyrna Beach, 48 days a year reach 90°F and 2 nights fall to 32°F or colder.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 48a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 2a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00087261.
How sunny is New Smyrna Beach?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around New Smyrna Beach, 4.9 kWh per square metre a day. May is the sunniest month (85%) and January the cloudiest (75%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 75% | 3.1 |
| February | 75% | 3.8 |
| March | 81% | 5.1 |
| April | 85% | 6.2 |
| May | 85% | 6.6 |
| June | 82% | 6.3 |
| July | 85% | 6.4 |
| August | 84% | 5.9 |
| September | 80% | 5.1 |
| October | 81% | 4.3 |
| November | 78% | 3.4 |
| December | 75% | 2.8 |
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 New Smyrna Beach need?
A normal year in New Smyrna Beach brings 602 heating degree days, 89% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,159 cooling degree days, 3.5 times the median (908). No month reaches 300 heating degree days. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 8,062 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 190 | 36 |
| February | 140 | 38 |
| March | 80 | 80 |
| April | 12 | 192 |
| May | 0 | 335 |
| June | 0 | 444 |
| July | 0 | 513 |
| August | 0 | 515 |
| September | 0 | 457 |
| October | 5 | 319 |
| November | 38 | 161 |
| December | 138 | 70 |
| Year (annual) | 602 | 3,159 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00087261. 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 New Smyrna Beach been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 72.6°F, 0.6°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 72.0°F. 2 of the 2 complete years since 2024 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 73.2°F | +1.2°F | – |
| 2025 | 72.6°F | +0.6°F | 55.58 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00087261. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does New Smyrna Beach's climate compare?
New Smyrna Beach is warmer than 48 of the other 105 places with their own NOAA record in Florida, and wetter than 19. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 72.0°F is warmer than 97%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, New Smyrna 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 New Smyrna Beach share this climate record?
4 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.
- Edgewater, FL24,334 people · 6 mi S
- Samsula-Spruce Creek, FL5,174 people · 9 mi W
- Ponce Inlet, FL3,485 people · 4 mi N
- Glencoe, FL1,479 people · 3 mi SW
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 New Smyrna Beach's climate
What is the coldest month in New Smyrna Beach?
January, with a normal high of 68°F and a normal low of 52°F. The warmest is July (88°F by day, 75°F at night).
What is the rainiest month in New Smyrna Beach?
June, with 7.45 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 2.32 in.
What plant hardiness zone is New Smyrna Beach in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts New Smyrna Beach in zones 9b to 10a across its 2 ZIP code areas (9b in 32168, the largest).
Nearby and next
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