NW Florida Beaches, FL Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from NW Florida Beaches's primary NOAA station, NW FLORIDA BEACHES INTL AP.
The climate verdict for NW Florida Beaches
Water is the standout signal in NW Florida Beaches, Florida: 59.5 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 68°F. It scores 85/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 85% of them.
- 68°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 85/100
- comfort score, above 85% of station-mapped location scores
- 59.5"
- precipitation, annual total
- 279 days
- frost-free growing season
NW Florida Beaches: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00073805 · NW Florida Beaches, FL 68°F mean · 59.5" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-NARROW · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 68°F
- RANK-WARM #6,381
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Grand Coteau
- PRCP-WET 59.5"
- SWING-NARROW 30°F
- COMF-TOP 85/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USW00073805
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Grand Coteau, LA (+ 0 °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.
- NW Florida Beac… (this station) 68°F
- Hot Marianna, FL 68°F
- Near Grand Coteau, LA 68°F
- Near Gulfport - Bilo…, MS 68°F
- Near High Springs, FL 68°F
NW Florida Beaches 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 · NW Florida Beaches
NW Florida Beaches: 78/100 · grade B
NW Florida Beaches publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for NW Florida Beaches, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 85/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 279 days/year | 97/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 68.3°F · 0.8° from 67.5°F | 96/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 49 calendar days | 92/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 59.5 in · 24.5 from 35 in | 14/100 · F |
NW Florida Beaches · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
NW Florida Beaches is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 52.5°F and warmest-month mean 82.1°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 82.1°F
- Coldest month
- 52.5°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 · balanced station
Where NW Florida Beaches sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for NW Florida Beaches's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 7% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, NW Florida Beaches sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 6% wettest
- NW Florida Beaches's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 91%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for NW Florida Beaches is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How NW Florida Beaches compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
NW Florida Beaches's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
85 Top 15% score exceeds 85% 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%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63°F (17°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 4.7" | 6.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 67°F (19°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 4.8" | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 72°F (22°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 5.2" | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 79°F (26°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 4.9" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| May | 86°F (30°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 3.0" | 0.0 | 7.6 |
| June | 89°F (32°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 5.7" | 0.0 | 17.4 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 6.8" | 0.0 | 21.4 |
| August | 90°F (32°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 7.1" | 0.0 | 21.4 |
| September | 88°F (31°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 5.1" | 0.0 | 16.0 |
| October | 81°F (27°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 3.5" | 0.0 | 3.7 |
| November | 73°F (23°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 4.2" | 1.6 | 0.2 |
| December | 66°F (19°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 4.5" | 3.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in NW Florida Beaches runs from a mild 42°F around January 9 to 91°F at the peak near July 19, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 28 through August 15, covering 49 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 4 to November 28.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
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 42°F around January 9.
The widest day
November 12 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for NW Florida Beaches.
Where NW Florida Beaches Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 60 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
NW Florida Beaches earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
NW Florida Beaches spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 33% of the annual total and December through February 23%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. NW Florida Beaches has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry an unusually narrow 29.6°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: August averages 7.1" and May 3.0". The three wettest months together take 33% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
December 1
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
February 25
50% probability date
Growing Season
279 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,408
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,621
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside FL closest to NW Florida Beaches 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 (68°F here).
- Grand Coteau, LA 68°F · 0.0°F off
- Natchitoches, LA 68°F · 0.0°F off
- Crowley, LA 68°F · 0.1°F off
- Donaldsonville, LA 68°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (59.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Jena, LA 59.5" · 0.0" off
- Laurel, MS 59.6" · 0.1" off
- Spring City, TN 59.4" · 0.1" off
- Clinton, LA 59.7" · 0.2" off
Data-derived climate profile
How NW Florida Beaches's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · low swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. NW Florida Beaches averages 59.5 inches of precipitation a year. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The monthly table supplies the seasonal distribution hidden by that annual total.
NW Florida Beaches's 29.6°F seasonal spread is compact even though precipitation is abundant. July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 68°F. Temperature is relatively steady; the monthly rows show how rain and snow observations vary across the calendar.
NW Florida Beaches combines a compact 29.6°F annual temperature range with meaningful demand on both sides of the thermostat: 1,408 heating and 2,621 cooling degree days. The balance matters more here than either annual total in isolation.
The frost-free window extends for about 279 days. That is a long calendar measure, but it is not a forecast and does not combine heat, rainfall, soil, or local elevation into a planting recommendation.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from NW Florida Beaches's primary station, where heating and cooling demand are close enough that neither season sets the character on its own. On a balanced station like NW Florida Beaches, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a forecast.
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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 NW Florida Beaches's primary station: NW FLORIDA BEACHES INTL AP (USW00073805). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for NW Florida Beaches; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for NW Florida Beaches 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.