Palm Coast, Florida climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Palm Coast's normal year runs from 49°F January nights to 88°F July afternoons, with 51.4 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 21.9°C, January lows of 10°C, July highs of 31°C, 1,307 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPalm Coast (6 mi NE)
- Station IDUSC00086767
- Location29.63°N 81.21°W
- Elevation5 ft (2 m)
- Population106,729
On October 23, the normal high in Palm Coast is 79°F and the normal low 67°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 32%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Palm Coast.
- Jan 65° 49°
- Feb 68° 52°
- Mar 72° 56°
- Apr 78° 62°
- May 83° 70°
- Jun 86° 76°
- Jul 88° 77°
- Aug 88° 77°
- Sep 86° 76°
- Oct 81° 69°
- Nov 74° 60°
- Dec 69° 53°
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 Coast each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 88°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 49°F. The most precipitation falls in September (7.67 in), the least in November (2.46 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 | 65°F | 49°F | 57.2°F | 3.34 | 10 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 30 min |
| February | 68°F | 52°F | 60.0°F | 3.60 | 10 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 72°F | 56°F | 64.2°F | 3.09 | 9 | <1 | <1 | 12 h |
| April | 78°F | 62°F | 70.1°F | 2.51 | 7 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 83°F | 70°F | 76.2°F | 2.79 | 7 | 4 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 86°F | 76°F | 80.8°F | 5.92 | 13 | 7 | <1 | 14 h |
| July | 88°F | 77°F | 82.2°F | 6.27 | 13 | 14 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| August | 88°F | 77°F | 82.2°F | 6.41 | 15 | 13 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| September | 86°F | 76°F | 80.8°F | 7.67 | 14 | 5 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 81°F | 69°F | 75.1°F | 4.45 | 11 | 1 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 74°F | 60°F | 67.1°F | 2.46 | 9 | <1 | <1 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 69°F | 53°F | 60.8°F | 2.93 | 10 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 78°F | 65°F | 71.4°F | 51.44 | 127 | 46 | 5 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18°C | 10°C | 14.0°C | 85 mm |
| February | 20°C | 11°C | 15.6°C | 91 mm |
| March | 22°C | 13°C | 17.9°C | 78 mm |
| April | 25°C | 17°C | 21.2°C | 64 mm |
| May | 28°C | 21°C | 24.6°C | 71 mm |
| June | 30°C | 24°C | 27.1°C | 150 mm |
| July | 31°C | 25°C | 27.9°C | 159 mm |
| August | 31°C | 25°C | 27.9°C | 163 mm |
| September | 30°C | 24°C | 27.1°C | 195 mm |
| October | 27°C | 21°C | 23.9°C | 113 mm |
| November | 23°C | 16°C | 19.5°C | 62 mm |
| December | 20°C | 12°C | 16.0°C | 74 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00086767; 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 Coast?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in January, February, March, April, May, October, November and December. Of those, May has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USC00086767.
When is the last frost in Palm Coast?
In Palm Coast, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after January 24 in half of years and after February 18 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before January 11 in half of years and before December 19 in one year in ten. A night at 32°F or colder comes at all in 57% of years here (NOAA).
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- January 241 year in 10 after February 18; 9 in 10 after December 31
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- January 111 year in 10 before December 19; 9 in 10 before February 7
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 356 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 16 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Palm Coast in zone 9b across its 2 ZIP code areas (9b in 32137, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Palm Coast's NOAA station is in zone 9b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 29°F (20 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Florida · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00086767; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. 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 Coast ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Palm Coast's 2 ZIP code areas are all in zone 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 Palm Coast?
In a normal year in Palm Coast, 46 days a year reach 90°F, 5 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 127 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 46a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 5a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 127a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00086767.
How sunny is Palm Coast?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Palm Coast, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. April is the sunniest month (83%) and June the cloudiest (75%). Among the 459 U.S. places of 50,000 or more, that ranks tied 210th (with 32 others) in sunshine.
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 77% | 3.2 |
| February | 75% | 3.9 |
| March | 80% | 5.1 |
| April | 83% | 6.1 |
| May | 83% | 6.4 |
| June | 75% | 5.8 |
| July | 76% | 5.8 |
| August | 76% | 5.4 |
| September | 76% | 4.8 |
| October | 79% | 4.3 |
| November | 79% | 3.4 |
| December | 77% | 2.9 |
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 Coast need?
A normal year in Palm Coast brings 792 heating degree days, 85% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,143 cooling degree days, 3.5 times the median (908). No month reaches 300 heating degree days. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 7,885 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 264 | 22 |
| February | 171 | 31 |
| March | 93 | 69 |
| April | 20 | 171 |
| May | 1 | 346 |
| June | 0 | 475 |
| July | 0 | 532 |
| August | 0 | 535 |
| September | 0 | 474 |
| October | 8 | 321 |
| November | 58 | 120 |
| December | 178 | 48 |
| Year (annual) | 792 | 3,143 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00086767. 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.
How does Palm Coast's climate compare?
Palm Coast is warmer than 42 of the other 105 places with their own NOAA record in Florida, and wetter than 29. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 71.4°F is warmer than 96%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Palm Coast 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 Coast 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.
- Flagler Beach, FL5,568 people · 12 mi S
- Crescent Beach, FL903 people · 7 mi N
- Beverly Beach, FL520 people · 9 mi SE
- Marineland, FL9 people · 3 mi N
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 Coast's climate
What is the coldest month in Palm Coast?
January, with a normal high of 65°F and a normal low of 49°F. The warmest is July (88°F by day, 77°F at night).
What is the rainiest month in Palm Coast?
September, with 7.67 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 2.46 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Palm Coast in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Palm Coast in zone 9b across its 2 ZIP code areas (9b in 32137, the largest). By the same method at Palm Coast's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 29°F (20 years, 1991-2020): zone 9b.
How late can frost come in Palm Coast?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after January 24; in one year in ten it comes after February 18. Waiting until February 18 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Palm Coast in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Florida climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- St. Augustine, FL18 miles from this station, 71.2°F a year
- Hastings, FL18 miles from this station, 69.7°F a year
- Federal Point, FL22 miles from this station, 70.0°F a year
- Crescent City, FL24 miles from this station, 71.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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