Panama City Bay County, FL Climate: Temperature 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 Panama City Bay County's primary NOAA station, PANAMA CITY BAY CO AP.
The climate verdict for Panama City Bay County
Warm-season cooling demand defines Panama City Bay County, Florida, running at more than twice its heating total. The NOAA normal records an annual average of 70°F. July is the warmest month at 83°F and January the coldest at 54°F.
- 70°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 320 days
- frost-free growing season
Panama City Bay County: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00003882 · Panama City Bay County, FL 70°F mean
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-NARROW · COMF-UNK · LOAD-COOL · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-MILD 70°F
- RANK-WARM #6,518
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Destin Fort Wal…
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-NARROW 29°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-COOL 2,917 CDD
- STN-1 USW00003882
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Destin Fort Walton, 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.
- Panama City Bay… (this station) 70°F
- Hot Fernandina Beach, FL 70°F
- Near Destin Fort Wal…, FL 70°F
- Near Lsu Citrus Rsch, LA 70°F
- Cold Apalachicola Ai…, FL 69°F
Panama City Bay County 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 · Panama City Bay County
Panama City Bay County: 92/100 · grade A
Panama City Bay County publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Panama City Bay County, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 320 days/year | 100/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 69.7°F · 2.2° from 67.5°F | 93/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 62 calendar days | 88/100 · A |
Panama City Bay County · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · cooling-led station
Where Panama City Bay County sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Panama City Bay County are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- Top 5% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Panama City Bay County sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 91%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Panama City Bay County 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 | 63°F (17°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 54°F (12°C) | N/A | 4.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 67°F (20°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 58°F (14°C) | N/A | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 72°F (22°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 63°F (17°C) | N/A | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 77°F (25°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 69°F (20°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| May | 85°F (29°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 76°F (24°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| June | 89°F (32°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 81°F (27°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 13.2 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 83°F (28°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 20.0 |
| August | 90°F (32°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 83°F (28°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 20.0 |
| September | 89°F (32°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 80°F (27°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 11.1 |
| October | 82°F (28°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 72°F (22°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 1.6 |
| November | 72°F (22°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 62°F (17°C) | N/A | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 66°F (19°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 57°F (14°C) | N/A | 2.2 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Panama City Bay County runs from a mild 45°F around January 7 to 91°F at the peak near July 11, 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 28, covering 62 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs February 27 to November 25.
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 45°F around January 7.
The widest day
November 6 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 21°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Panama City Bay County.
Where Panama City Bay County Stands Nationally
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 21°F.
Panama City Bay County 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
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
December 24
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
February 7
50% probability date
Growing Season
320 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,172
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,917
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside FL closest to Panama City Bay County 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 (70°F here).
- Conroe, TX 70°F · 0.0°F off
- Lake Charles, LA 70°F · 0.0°F off
- Floresville, TX 70°F · 0.1°F off
- Hondo, TX 70°F · 0.1°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Panama City Bay County's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · low swing
Warm-season load persists through a relatively even calendar in Panama City Bay County. Cooling totals 2,917 degree days, more than double the 1,172 heating measure, and the 29.2°F seasonal range is compact rather than sharply divided.
A moisture-range label is withheld because Panama City Bay County's annual precipitation total is unavailable. Monthly source values remain visible where NOAA provides them, and no annual amount is reconstructed from incomplete data.
Temperature varies within a narrow 29.2°F band across the normal year. July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 70°F. Monthly rows still matter, but they refine a steady profile rather than reveal two climatic extremes.
The frost-free window extends for about 320 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 Panama City Bay County'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 Panama City Bay County that means a descriptive range only — not an official NOAA classification and not a prediction for next summer.
Questions about Panama City Bay County's climate
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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 Panama City Bay County's primary station: PANAMA CITY BAY CO AP (USW00003882). 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 Panama City Bay County; 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 Panama City Bay County 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.