Palm Bay, Florida climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Palm Bay's normal year runs from 49°F January nights to 92°F August afternoons, with 55.5 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 22.6°C, January lows of 9°C, August highs of 33°C, 1,411 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPalm Bay
- Station IDUSC00086761
- Location27.92°N 80.65°W
- Elevation27 ft (8 m)
- Population142,023
On October 23, the normal high in Palm Bay is 84°F and the normal low 65°F.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Palm Bay.
- Jan 73° 49°
- Feb 75° 52°
- Mar 79° 55°
- Apr 83° 60°
- May 87° 65°
- Jun 90° 71°
- Jul 91° 73°
- Aug 92° 73°
- Sep 89° 72°
- Oct 85° 67°
- Nov 79° 59°
- Dec 75° 52°
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 Palm Bay each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 49°F. The most precipitation falls in September (7.95 in), the least in February (2.42 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 | 73°F | 49°F | 61.0°F | 2.64 | – | <1 | 1 | 10 h 30 min |
| February | 75°F | 52°F | 63.5°F | 2.42 | – | <1 | <1 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 79°F | 55°F | 66.5°F | 3.04 | – | 1 | <1 | 12 h |
| April | 83°F | 60°F | 71.4°F | 2.81 | – | 4 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 87°F | 65°F | 76.0°F | 4.37 | – | 8 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| June | 90°F | 71°F | 80.3°F | 7.62 | – | 16 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| July | 91°F | 73°F | 82.0°F | 6.58 | – | 24 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| August | 92°F | 73°F | 82.3°F | 7.11 | – | 26 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| September | 89°F | 72°F | 80.4°F | 7.95 | – | 16 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 85°F | 67°F | 75.7°F | 5.60 | – | 5 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 79°F | 59°F | 68.8°F | 2.95 | – | 1 | <1 | 10 h 50 min |
| December | 75°F | 52°F | 63.5°F | 2.46 | – | <1 | <1 | 10 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 83°F | 62°F | 72.6°F | 55.55 | – | 102 | 1 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23°C | 9°C | 16.1°C | 67 mm |
| February | 24°C | 11°C | 17.5°C | 61 mm |
| March | 26°C | 13°C | 19.2°C | 77 mm |
| April | 28°C | 16°C | 21.9°C | 71 mm |
| May | 30°C | 19°C | 24.4°C | 111 mm |
| June | 32°C | 22°C | 26.8°C | 194 mm |
| July | 33°C | 23°C | 27.8°C | 167 mm |
| August | 33°C | 23°C | 27.9°C | 181 mm |
| September | 32°C | 22°C | 26.9°C | 202 mm |
| October | 29°C | 19°C | 24.3°C | 142 mm |
| November | 26°C | 15°C | 20.4°C | 75 mm |
| December | 24°C | 11°C | 17.5°C | 62 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00086761; 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 Palm Bay?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in January, February, March, April, 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 USC00086761.
When is the last frost in Palm Bay?
In Palm Bay, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after January 30 in half of years and after March 1 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before January 11 in half of years and before December 21 in one year in ten. A night at 32°F or colder comes at all in 67% of years here (NOAA).
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- January 301 year in 10 after March 1; 9 in 10 after January 1
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- January 111 year in 10 before December 21; 9 in 10 before February 14
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 343 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 365 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 19 in half of springs and before January 14 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Palm Bay in zone 10a across its 5 ZIP code areas (10a in 32909, 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 USC00086761; 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 Palm Bay ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Palm Bay's 5 ZIP code areas are all in zone 10a. 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 Palm Bay?
In a normal year in Palm Bay, 102 days a year reach 90°F and 1 night falls to 32°F or colder.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 102a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 1a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00086761.
How sunny is Palm Bay?
Over a year 80% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Palm Bay, 5.0 kWh per square metre a day. April is the sunniest month (84%) and June the cloudiest (77%). 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% | 3.5 |
| February | 81% | 4.3 |
| March | 82% | 5.3 |
| April | 84% | 6.1 |
| May | 83% | 6.4 |
| June | 77% | 5.9 |
| July | 79% | 5.9 |
| August | 79% | 5.6 |
| September | 78% | 5.0 |
| October | 81% | 4.5 |
| November | 80% | 3.6 |
| December | 78% | 3.2 |
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 Palm Bay need?
A normal year in Palm Bay brings 489 heating degree days, 91% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,277 cooling degree days, 3.6 times the median (908). No month reaches 300 heating degree days. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 8,281 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 163 | 38 |
| February | 99 | 55 |
| March | 61 | 108 |
| April | 10 | 202 |
| May | 0 | 341 |
| June | 0 | 459 |
| July | 0 | 526 |
| August | 0 | 536 |
| September | 0 | 460 |
| October | 5 | 337 |
| November | 39 | 152 |
| December | 112 | 65 |
| Year (annual) | 489 | 3,277 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00086761. 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 Palm Bay been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 73.8°F, 1.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 72.6°F. 3 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 73.6°F | +1.0°F | – |
| 2023 | 74.7°F | +2.1°F | – |
| 2025 | 73.8°F | +1.2°F | 50.73 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00086761. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Palm Bay's climate compare?
Palm Bay is warmer than 52 of the other 105 places with their own NOAA record in Florida, and wetter than 66. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 72.6°F is warmer than 97%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Palm Bay 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 Palm Bay share this climate record?
6 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.
- Sebastian, FL27,087 people · 14 mi SE
- Micco, FL9,053 people · 9 mi SE
- Vero Lake Estates, FL6,262 people · 14 mi SE
- Grant-Valkaria, FL5,730 people · 5 mi E
- Fellsmere, FL5,028 people · 14 mi S
- Roseland, FL2,080 people · 11 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.
Questions about Palm Bay's climate
What is the coldest month in Palm Bay?
January, with a normal high of 73°F and a normal low of 49°F. The warmest is August (92°F by day, 73°F at night).
What is the rainiest month in Palm Bay?
September, with 7.95 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.42 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Palm Bay in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Palm Bay in zone 10a across its 5 ZIP code areas (10a in 32909, the largest).
How late can frost come in Palm Bay?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after January 30; in one year in ten it comes after March 1. Waiting until March 1 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Palm Bay in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Florida climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Melbourne Beach, FL11 miles from this station, 73.3°F a year
- Melbourne, FL13 miles from this station, 73.1°F a year
- Kenansville, FL24 miles from this station, 72.5°F a year
- Vero Beach, FL30 miles from this station, 73.6°F a year
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