Panama City, FL Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Panama City's primary NOAA station, PANAMA CITY 5N.
The climate verdict for Panama City
Warm-season cooling demand defines Panama City, Florida, running at more than twice its heating total. The NOAA normal records an annual average of 69°F. It scores 77/100 for climate comfort (good), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 70% of them.
- 69°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 77/100
- comfort score, above 70% of station-mapped location scores
- 61.3"
- precipitation, annual total
- 300 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Panama City: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00086842 · Panama City, FL 69°F mean · 61.3" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-NARROW · COMF-TOP · LOAD-COOL · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 69°F
- RANK-WARM #6,449
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pensacola Rgnl
- PRCP-WET 61.3"
- SWING-NARROW 30°F
- COMF-TOP 77/100
- LOAD-COOL 2,903 CDD
- STN-1 USC00086842
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Pensacola Rgnl, FL (+ 0 °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 (this station) 69°F
- Cold Dauphin Island, AL 69°F
- Hot Pensacola Rgnl, FL 69°F
- Near Fargo, GA 69°F
- Near Alvin, TX 69°F
Panama City 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
Panama City: 75/100 · grade B
Panama City publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Panama City, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 77/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 300 days/year | 100/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 69.4°F · 1.9° from 67.5°F | 93/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.0 inches/year | 90/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 80 calendar days | 82/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 61.3 in · 26.3 from 35 in | 9/100 · F |
Panama City · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Panama City is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 53.5°F and warmest-month mean 83.0°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
- 83.0°F
- Coldest month
- 53.5°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 Panama City sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Panama City's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 6% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Panama City sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 5% wettest
- Panama City's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 91%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Panama City is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Panama City compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Panama City's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
77 Top 30% score exceeds 70% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). This entry sits in this band.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Panama City's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 32 complete annual observations from 1972 to 2022, PANAMA CITY 5N warmed at a fitted rate of 0.20°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Panama City primary station fitted change +0.20 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64°F (18°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 4.8" | 0.0" | 7.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 67°F (20°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 5.0" | 0.0" | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 73°F (23°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 5.0" | 0.0" | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 79°F (26°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 4.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 85°F (30°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.3 |
| June | 89°F (32°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 5.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 11.7 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 7.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 18.0 |
| August | 91°F (33°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 7.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 19.0 |
| September | 89°F (32°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 7.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 13.0 |
| October | 82°F (28°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.3 |
| November | 73°F (23°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 3.7" | 0.0" | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 67°F (19°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 4.3" | 0.0" | 4.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Panama City runs from a mild 42°F around January 13 to 91°F at the peak near July 12, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 22 through September 9, covering 80 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs February 28 to November 27.
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 42°F around January 13.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is August 2, when 45% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 25 at 17%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 100 wet dates a year.
The widest day
November 8 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 Panama City.
Where Panama City Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 61 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 80 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
Panama City earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
8.7 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
6.9 days with precipitation
6.0 days with precipitation
5.4 days with precipitation
10.8 days with precipitation
12.4 days with precipitation
13.6 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
5.6 days with precipitation
5.7 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
Panama City spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 34% of the annual total and December through February 23%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Panama City has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry an unusually narrow 29.5°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: August averages 7.4" and May 3.3". The three wettest months together take 36% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Panama City, it arrives in quantity
61.3" of precipitation falls across only about 100 wet days here, averaging 0.61 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 100 a year, 27% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.61 inches
- Most wet days
- August, about 14
- Fewest wet days
- May, about 5
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.
Panama City's record shows no measurable snowfall
This station measured snowfall across the 1991-2020 period and recorded none: the annual normal is 0.0 inches. That is a measured zero rather than missing data, which is a meaningful distinction here , most stations in the database simply do not report snow at all, and those pages say nothing about it.
A thirty-year normal of zero describes the typical year at this station. It is not a claim that snow has never fallen in the area.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
December 12
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
February 15
50% probability date
Growing Season
300 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,288
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,903
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside FL closest to Panama City 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 (69°F here).
- Galliano, LA 69°F · 0.0°F off
- Luling, TX 69°F · 0.0°F off
- Sealy, TX 69°F · 0.0°F off
- Hackberry, LA 70°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (61.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Evergreen, AL 61.3" · 0.0" off
- Kilauea, HI 61.3" · 0.0" off
- Cave Junction, OR 61.2" · 0.1" off
- Whatley, AL 61.4" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Panama City's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · wet · low swing
Warm-season load persists through a relatively even calendar in Panama City. Cooling totals 2,903 degree days, more than double the 1,288 heating measure, and the 29.5°F seasonal range is compact rather than sharply divided.
Warm-season demand is paired with a wet annual normal: 61.3 inches of precipitation at Panama City. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. The month-by-month bars distinguish a concentrated wet season from moisture spread across the calendar.
Panama City's 29.5°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 69°F. Temperature is relatively steady; the monthly rows show how rain and snow observations vary across the calendar.
The frost-free window extends for about 300 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'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 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 Panama City's primary station: PANAMA CITY 5N (USC00086842). 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 1254700). Match rule for Panama City: 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 Panama City 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.