Palm Bay, FL Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Palm Bay's primary NOAA station, PALM BAY.
The climate verdict for Palm Bay
Warm-season cooling demand defines Palm Bay, Florida, running at more than twice its heating total. The NOAA normal records an annual average of 73°F. August is the warmest month at 82°F and January the coldest at 61°F.
- 73°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 55.5"
- yearly precipitation total
Palm Bay: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00086761 · Palm Bay, FL 73°F mean · 55.5" precip
TEMP-HOT · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-NARROW · COMF-UNK · LOAD-COOL · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-HOT 73°F
- RANK-WARM #6,655
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kenansville
- PRCP-WET 55.5"
- SWING-NARROW 21°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-COOL 3,277 CDD
- STN-1 USC00086761
- BOOK-FULL 5/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Kenansville, 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.
- Palm Bay (this station) 73°F
- Hot Kissimmee Prair…, FL 73°F
- Near Kenansville, FL 73°F
- Near Sebring, FL 73°F
- Cold Wauchula, FL 72°F
Palm Bay 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 · Palm Bay
Palm Bay: 69/100 · grade C
Palm Bay publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Palm Bay, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 72.6°F · 5.1° from 67.5°F | 84/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 88 calendar days | 80/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 55.5 in · 20.5 from 35 in | 26/100 · F |
Palm Bay · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
Palm Bay is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 61.0°F and warmest-month mean 82.3°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
- 82.3°F
- Coldest month
- 61.0°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 Palm Bay sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Palm Bay's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 3% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Palm Bay sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 10% wettest
- Palm Bay's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 96%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Palm Bay is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 73°F (23°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 2.6" | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 75°F (24°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 2.4" | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| March | 79°F (26°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 3.0" | 0.2 | 1.1 |
| April | 83°F (28°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 2.8" | 0.0 | 4.4 |
| May | 87°F (30°C) | 65°F (19°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 4.4" | 0.0 | 7.5 |
| June | 90°F (32°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 7.6" | 0.0 | 16.2 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 6.6" | 0.0 | 23.5 |
| August | 92°F (33°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 7.1" | 0.0 | 26.2 |
| September | 89°F (32°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 8.0" | 0.0 | 16.2 |
| October | 85°F (29°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 5.6" | 0.0 | 5.2 |
| November | 79°F (26°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 3.0" | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| December | 75°F (24°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 2.5" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Palm Bay runs from a mild 49°F around January 15 to 92°F at the peak near August 10, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 15 through September 10, covering 88 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs January 1 to December 31.
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 49°F around January 15.
The widest day
January 24 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 24°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Palm Bay.
Where Palm Bay Stands Nationally
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 88 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 56 inches.
Palm Bay earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Palm Bay runs a summer-peaked wet season
38% of Palm Bay'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 8.0", on an unusually narrow 21.3°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: February at 2.4".
- Winter share: 14% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
January 11
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
January 30
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
489
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
3,277
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside FL closest to Palm Bay 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 (73°F here).
- Bruni, TX 73°F · 0.1°F off
- Crystal City, TX 73°F · 0.1°F off
- Bishop, TX 72°F · 0.2°F off
- Casa Grande, AZ 72°F · 0.2°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (55.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Gainesville, GA 55.6" · 0.0" off
- San Augustine, TX 55.6" · 0.0" off
- Cleveland, TX 55.5" · 0.0" off
- Oak Ridge, TN 55.5" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Palm Bay's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · wet · low swing
Warm-season load persists through a relatively even calendar in Palm Bay. Cooling totals 3,277 degree days, more than double the 489 heating measure, and the 21.3°F seasonal range is compact rather than sharply divided.
Warm-season demand is paired with a wet annual normal: 55.5 inches of precipitation at Palm Bay. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The month-by-month bars distinguish a concentrated wet season from moisture spread across the calendar.
Palm Bay's 21.3°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 73°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 Palm Bay. 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 Palm Bay'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 Palm Bay 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 Palm Bay's primary station: PALM BAY (USC00086761). 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 1254000). Match rule for Palm Bay: 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 Palm Bay 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.