Fort Walton Beach climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Fort Walton Beach?

Fort Walton Beach has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.9 °C and it receives 1,253 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fort Walton Beach?

The hottest day measured in Fort Walton Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 1980, reaching 38.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Fort Walton Beach?

The coldest day measured in Fort Walton Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -12.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Fort Walton Beach?

Almost never: Fort Walton Beach sees virtually no snow, with about 5 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Fort Walton Beach warmed?

Yes: Fort Walton Beach warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Fort Walton Beach?

The wettest day measured in Fort Walton Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 2020, with 148 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Fort Walton Beach?

The windiest day measured in Fort Walton Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 4 October 1995, with winds reaching 92.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Fort Walton Beach?

The warmest month in Fort Walton Beach is July (27.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Fort Walton Beach?

Fort Walton Beach receives on average 1,253 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Fort Walton Beach?

Fort Walton Beach gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Fort Walton Beach (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.9 °C and it receives 1,253 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is July (27.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Fort Walton Beach averages 5 frost days, 67 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 133 rainy days per year.

Fort Walton Beach has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.2 °C (on 14 July 1980) and the coldest -12.6 °C (on 21 January 1985).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

Fort Walton BeachFlorida

coords: 30.42°, -86.62°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthOctober

Mean daily temperature

19.9°C

Average daily high

23.6°C

Average daily low

16.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,253mm

Sunshine / day

9.7h

Mean relative humidity

77%

Average peak wind

17.4km/h

Seasonal range

16.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

5 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

67 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

133 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.3 cm

Average feels-like high

25.2 °C

Average feels-like low

16.6 °C

Average peak gust

32.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

150 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.9 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.21 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

38.2 °C

14 July 1980

Coldest day

-12.6 °C

21 January 1985

Wettest day

148 mm

16 September 2020

Windiest day

92.5 km/h

4 October 1995

Strongest gust

178.6 km/h

4 October 1995

Hottest feels-like

44.3 °C

14 July 1980

Coldest feels-like

-19.9 °C

21 January 1985

Snowiest day

9.7 cm

21 January 2025

Sunniest day

13.8 h

5 July 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	35.0 °C28 July 2025	-4.9 °C22 January 2025	20.5 °C	1,357 mm	75	9
2024	35.1 °C6 August 2024	-4.7 °C17 January 2024	21.2 °C	1,616 mm	99	4
2023	36.0 °C26 August 2023	2.2 °C20 March 2023	21.4 °C	1,366 mm	86	0
2022	35.8 °C23 June 2022	-5.6 °C24 December 2022	20.5 °C	1,452 mm	72	4
2021	33.4 °C13 June 2021	-1.6 °C16 February 2021	20.6 °C	1,458 mm	52	1
2020	35.0 °C11 July 2020	-0.4 °C21 January 2020	21.3 °C	1,430 mm	74	1
2019	34.9 °C17 September 2019	-0.3 °C13 November 2019	21.3 °C	1,119 mm	111	1
2018	33.9 °C15 September 2018	-5.3 °C18 January 2018	20.7 °C	1,657 mm	84	8
2017	33.4 °C25 August 2017	-2.5 °C8 January 2017	21.2 °C	1,397 mm	71	2
2016	33.3 °C8 June 2016	-0.4 °C24 January 2016	21.1 °C	1,336 mm	95	1
2015	34.3 °C12 July 2015	-5.0 °C8 January 2015	21.1 °C	1,302 mm	82	4
2014	35.2 °C1 July 2014	-6.1 °C7 January 2014	19.4 °C	1,445 mm	72	10
2013	34.0 °C14 June 2013	0.2 °C28 November 2013	20.1 °C	1,571 mm	64	0
2012	33.4 °C28 May 2012	-0.9 °C12 February 2012	20.9 °C	1,359 mm	58	1
2011	36.1 °C26 August 2011	-3.5 °C13 January 2011	20.3 °C	985 mm	87	5
2010	35.9 °C31 July 2010	-4.8 °C11 January 2010	19.4 °C	1,187 mm	98	20
2009	37.2 °C23 June 2009	-2.7 °C21 January 2009	20.1 °C	1,540 mm	68	7
2008	33.0 °C7 August 2008	-3.7 °C3 January 2008	19.8 °C	1,073 mm	64	4
2007	34.9 °C11 June 2007	-1.5 °C29 January 2007	20.4 °C	840 mm	90	2
2006	34.4 °C9 June 2006	-1.8 °C8 December 2006	20.5 °C	853 mm	89	1
2005	34.5 °C24 July 2005	-1.6 °C23 January 2005	20.2 °C	1,559 mm	88	3
2004	34.3 °C24 July 2004	-1.2 °C20 December 2004	20.2 °C	1,266 mm	66	5
2003	31.8 °C9 August 2003	-6.0 °C24 January 2003	19.7 °C	1,388 mm	32	4
2002	34.8 °C18 July 2002	-2.7 °C4 January 2002	19.8 °C	1,542 mm	47	6
2001	33.0 °C23 July 2001	-3.7 °C2 January 2001	19.7 °C	1,114 mm	41	7
2000	36.7 °C18 July 2000	-4.7 °C20 December 2000	19.8 °C	935 mm	64	9
1999	35.4 °C2 August 1999	-5.1 °C5 January 1999	20.1 °C	941 mm	59	5
1998	36.6 °C6 July 1998	-0.2 °C12 March 1998	20.6 °C	1,629 mm	88	1
1997	35.0 °C3 July 1997	-3.1 °C18 January 1997	19.6 °C	1,426 mm	65	3
1996	34.8 °C11 July 1996	-7.9 °C5 February 1996	19.2 °C	1,279 mm	62	14
1995	35.5 °C15 August 1995	-2.5 °C9 February 1995	20.0 °C	1,304 mm	83	6
1994	31.8 °C25 July 1994	-3.7 °C19 January 1994	19.9 °C	1,401 mm	34	3
1993	34.7 °C2 July 1993	-1.8 °C14 March 1993	19.6 °C	1,344 mm	82	3
1992	34.5 °C6 July 1992	-0.7 °C20 January 1992	19.6 °C	1,351 mm	54	1
1991	33.8 °C13 July 1991	-3.4 °C16 February 1991	20.3 °C	1,556 mm	65	1
1990	35.0 °C7 July 1990	-1.3 °C25 December 1990	20.7 °C	874 mm	95	1
1989	33.7 °C7 August 1989	-10.3 °C24 December 1989	19.6 °C	1,262 mm	59	8
1988	33.5 °C27 June 1988	-3.8 °C7 February 1988	19.3 °C	1,277 mm	61	4
1987	35.1 °C20 August 1987	-2.7 °C27 January 1987	19.7 °C	1,311 mm	69	1
1986	37.9 °C2 August 1986	-4.3 °C28 January 1986	20.5 °C	1,370 mm	84	4
1985	34.0 °C6 June 1985	-12.6 °C21 January 1985	20.0 °C	1,370 mm	51	10
1984	33.8 °C25 June 1984	-2.2 °C6 February 1984	19.6 °C	1,148 mm	46	8
1983	34.2 °C25 August 1983	-8.6 °C25 December 1983	19.0 °C	1,695 mm	60	5
1982	33.2 °C26 August 1982	-8.0 °C11 January 1982	20.2 °C	1,356 mm	60	6
1981	34.9 °C15 July 1981	-5.1 °C19 December 1981	19.5 °C	1,028 mm	70	9
1980	38.2 °C14 July 1980	-4.2 °C3 March 1980	19.9 °C	1,300 mm	84	4
1979	33.9 °C1 July 1979	-5.5 °C3 January 1979	19.2 °C	1,475 mm	54	16
1978	35.0 °C29 June 1978	-3.6 °C10 January 1978	19.5 °C	1,218 mm	85	12
1977	35.1 °C11 June 1977	-9.3 °C19 January 1977	19.7 °C	1,141 mm	83	11
1976	33.4 °C23 August 1976	-3.4 °C9 January 1976	18.8 °C	1,152 mm	51	7
1975	33.5 °C2 September 1975	-2.4 °C19 December 1975	20.0 °C	1,578 mm	63	4
1974	34.2 °C12 July 1974	-1.9 °C26 February 1974	20.3 °C	974 mm	57	1
1973	34.2 °C9 July 1973	-1.9 °C22 December 1973	20.1 °C	1,386 mm	64	8
1972	35.2 °C19 August 1972	-3.8 °C16 January 1972	20.3 °C	1,185 mm	75	3
1971	33.7 °C19 June 1971	-4.6 °C10 February 1971	20.0 °C	979 mm	57	4
1970	35.6 °C3 July 1970	-6.0 °C9 January 1970	19.4 °C	1,095 mm	75	12
1969	36.4 °C28 June 1969	-2.7 °C5 January 1969	19.2 °C	1,088 mm	71	4
1968	34.3 °C13 June 1968	-3.1 °C16 December 1968	19.0 °C	704 mm	73	9
1967	33.7 °C19 June 1967	-2.2 °C26 February 1967	19.6 °C	943 mm	37	3
1966	34.3 °C7 July 1966	-10.0 °C30 January 1966	19.1 °C	1,115 mm	62	12
1965	33.6 °C20 July 1965	-4.2 °C17 January 1965	19.7 °C	1,161 mm	36	5
1964	34.3 °C4 August 1964	-3.9 °C14 January 1964	19.3 °C	1,292 mm	63	6
1963	34.7 °C8 June 1963	-8.7 °C24 January 1963	19.1 °C	1,200 mm	71	19
1962	33.9 °C8 August 1962	-10.3 °C13 December 1962	19.7 °C	1,040 mm	89	8
1961	32.9 °C5 September 1961	-4.1 °C22 January 1961	19.3 °C	1,302 mm	48	5
1960	34.5 °C29 August 1960	-4.3 °C22 December 1960	19.1 °C	1,173 mm	68	12
1959	33.2 °C29 June 1959	-3.4 °C17 January 1959	19.6 °C	1,843 mm	50	7
1958	34.0 °C12 June 1958	-4.3 °C18 February 1958	18.8 °C	1,326 mm	57	17
1957	35.6 °C10 July 1957	-4.6 °C12 December 1957	20.1 °C	1,241 mm	69	4
1956	35.3 °C7 August 1956	-0.2 °C23 November 1956	19.7 °C	1,175 mm	41	1
1955	34.3 °C23 August 1955	-3.2 °C12 February 1955	19.8 °C	959 mm	55	6
1954	36.9 °C29 June 1954	-0.1 °C20 December 1954	20.1 °C	690 mm	97	1
1953	36.3 °C27 May 1953	-1.1 °C18 December 1953	20.2 °C	1,297 mm	72	2
1952	38.0 °C24 July 1952	-2.1 °C15 December 1952	19.9 °C	919 mm	70	1
1951	35.3 °C17 July 1951	-7.2 °C3 February 1951	19.9 °C	1,047 mm	71	9
1950	36.1 °C27 June 1950	-4.2 °C25 November 1950	19.9 °C	955 mm	50	3
1949	33.8 °C30 July 1949	1.3 °C24 December 1949	20.7 °C	1,312 mm	58	0
1948	33.9 °C23 July 1948	-4.6 °C18 January 1948	20.1 °C	1,702 mm	66	6
1947	37.8 °C5 August 1947	-2.1 °C10 February 1947	19.8 °C	1,586 mm	50	2
1946	33.0 °C11 July 1946	2.5 °C23 January 1946	20.4 °C	1,474 mm	29	0
1945	33.8 °C31 May 1945	-1.8 °C20 December 1945	20.4 °C	1,239 mm	56	1
1944	38.0 °C19 June 1944	1.8 °C12 December 1944	20.5 °C	1,235 mm	68	0
1943	36.5 °C16 August 1943	-0.4 °C4 March 1943	20.0 °C	982 mm	72	1
1942	36.9 °C21 July 1942	-2.4 °C11 January 1942	19.7 °C	1,036 mm	60	3
1941	33.8 °C24 May 1941	1.5 °C9 February 1941	19.8 °C	1,018 mm	60	0
1940	33.4 °C23 July 1940	-5.4 °C27 January 1940	19.1 °C	1,155 mm	50	11

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

24.2 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

75 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

9 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1357 mm

+104 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	13.5 °C	-1.6 °C	101 mm	-10 mm
Feb	19.3 °C	+2.6 °C	101 mm	-7 mm
Mar	21.1 °C	+1.3 °C	148 mm	+19 mm
Apr	24.6 °C	+1.2 °C	40 mm	-45 mm
May	27.3 °C	+0.1 °C	168 mm	+96 mm
Jun	29.8 °C	-0.1 °C	158 mm	+51 mm
Jul	31.4 °C	+0.9 °C	176 mm	+32 mm
Aug	30.4 °C	-0.1 °C	197 mm	+66 mm
Sep	29.9 °C	+1.0 °C	44 mm	-69 mm
Oct	25.5 °C	+0.4 °C	52 mm	-15 mm
Nov	21.1 °C	+1.1 °C	15 mm	-69 mm
Dec	16.9 °C	+0.4 °C	159 mm	+57 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.0 °C

28 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-4.9 °C

22 Jan 2025

Wettest day

55.5 mm

18 Dec 2025

Windiest day

42.3 km/h

5 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

79.9 km/h

5 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.2 °C

29 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-10.8 °C

22 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

9.7 cm

21 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.8 h

5 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Fort Walton Beach?

Fort Walton Beach has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.9 °C and it receives 1,253 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fort Walton Beach?

The hottest day measured in Fort Walton Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 1980, reaching 38.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Fort Walton Beach?

The coldest day measured in Fort Walton Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -12.6 °C.

Does it snow in Fort Walton Beach?

Almost never: Fort Walton Beach sees virtually no snow, with about 5 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Fort Walton Beach warmed?

Yes: Fort Walton Beach warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Fort Walton Beach?

The wettest day measured in Fort Walton Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 2020, with 148 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Fort Walton Beach?

The windiest day measured in Fort Walton Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 4 October 1995, with winds reaching 92.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Fort Walton Beach?

The warmest month in Fort Walton Beach is July (27.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Fort Walton Beach?

Fort Walton Beach receives on average 1,253 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Fort Walton Beach?

Fort Walton Beach gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Fort Walton Beach?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Fort Walton Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 2025, with 9.7 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Fort Walton Beach?

Yes: Fort Walton Beach has on average 150 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Fort Walton Beach?

In Fort Walton Beach, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.3 °C on 14 July 1980, and the lowest was -19.9 °C on 21 January 1985.

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