Palm Coast, FL Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Palm Coast's primary NOAA station, PALM COAST 6NE.
The climate verdict for Palm Coast
Warm-season cooling demand defines Palm Coast, Florida, running at more than twice its heating total. The NOAA normal records an annual average of 71°F. July is the warmest month at 82°F and January the coldest at 57°F.
- 71°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 51.4"
- yearly precipitation total
Palm Coast: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00086767 · Palm Coast, FL 71°F mean · 51.4" precip
TEMP-HOT · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-NARROW · COMF-UNK · LOAD-COOL · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-HOT 71°F
- RANK-WARM #6,587
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ocala
- PRCP-WET 51.4"
- SWING-NARROW 25°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-COOL 3,143 CDD
- STN-1 USC00086767
- BOOK-FULL 5/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Ocala, 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 Coast (this station) 71°F
- Cold St Augustine Li…, FL 71°F
- Near Ocala, FL 71°F
- Near Mt Plymouth, FL 71°F
- Near Crescent City, FL 71°F
Palm Coast 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 Coast
Palm Coast: 82/100 · grade B
Palm Coast 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 Coast, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 0 calendar days | 100/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 71.4°F · 3.9° from 67.5°F | 88/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 51.4 in · 16.4 from 35 in | 42/100 · D |
Palm Coast · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
Palm Coast is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 57.2°F and warmest-month mean 82.2°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
- 82.2°F
- Coldest month
- 57.2°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 Coast sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Palm Coast's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 4% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Palm Coast sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 16% wettest
- Palm Coast's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 94%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Palm Coast 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 | 65°F (18°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.3" | 2.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 68°F (20°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 3.6" | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 72°F (22°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 3.1" | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| April | 78°F (25°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 2.5" | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| May | 83°F (28°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 76°F (25°C) | 2.8" | 0.0 | 4.2 |
| June | 86°F (30°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 5.9" | 0.0 | 7.4 |
| July | 88°F (31°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 6.3" | 0.0 | 14.1 |
| August | 88°F (31°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 6.4" | 0.0 | 13.4 |
| September | 86°F (30°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 7.7" | 0.0 | 5.2 |
| October | 81°F (27°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 4.5" | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| November | 74°F (23°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 2.5" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 69°F (20°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 2.9" | 1.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Palm Coast: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 49°F near January 12 and 88°F near July 28.
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 12.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is August 10, when 48% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is May 2 at 21%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 127 wet dates a year.
The widest day
March 14 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 17°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Palm Coast.
Where Palm Coast Stands Nationally
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 17°F.
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 51 inches.
Palm Coast earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
10.3 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
9.3 days with precipitation
6.9 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
13.2 days with precipitation
13.4 days with precipitation
14.8 days with precipitation
13.8 days with precipitation
10.5 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
Palm Coast runs a summer-peaked wet season
36% of Palm Coast'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 7.7", on an unusually narrow 25°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, August, July, taking 40% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: November at 2.5".
- Winter share: 19% 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.
When it rains in Palm Coast, it arrives in quantity
51.4" of precipitation falls across only about 127 wet days here, averaging 0.40 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 127 a year, 35% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.40 inches
- Most wet days
- August, about 15
- Fewest wet days
- May, about 7
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
January 11
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
January 24
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
792
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
3,143
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside FL closest to Palm Coast 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 (71°F here).
- Freeport, TX 71°F · 0.0°F off
- Galveston, TX 71°F · 0.0°F off
- Port O'connor, TX 72°F · 0.1°F off
- Presidio, TX 72°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (51.4" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Hardy, AR 51.4" · 0.0" off
- Mannington, WV 51.4" · 0.0" off
- Shreveport, LA 51.4" · 0.0" off
- Evening Shade, AR 51.5" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Palm Coast's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · wet · low swing
Warm-season load persists through a relatively even calendar in Palm Coast. Cooling totals 3,143 degree days, more than double the 792 heating measure, and the 25.0°F seasonal range is compact rather than sharply divided.
Warm-season demand is paired with a wet annual normal: 51.4 inches of precipitation at Palm Coast. 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 Coast's 25.0°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 71°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 Coast. 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 Coast'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 Coast 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 Coast's primary station: PALM COAST 6NE (USC00086767). 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 1254200). Match rule for Palm Coast: 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 Coast 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.