Jacksonville Beach climate — normals and trends

Jacksonville Beach (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 1,061 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 (27.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Jacksonville Beach averages 3 frost days, 69 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.

Jacksonville 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 38.0 °C (on 24 June 1944) and the coldest -10.3 °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

Jacksonville BeachFlorida

coords
30.29°, -81.39°
period
19402025 · 86 yrs
CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthNovember

Mean daily temperature

20.5°C

Average daily high

24.6°C

Average daily low

17.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,061mm

Sunshine / day

10.0h

Mean relative humidity

77%

Average peak wind

17.8km/h

Seasonal range

14.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

3 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

69 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

136 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.1 cm

Average feels-like high

26.3 °C

Average feels-like low

17.4 °C

Average peak gust

34.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

158 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 = 0.19 · p = < 0.001

1940Each stripe is one year, from 1940 (left) to 2025 (right). Blue = colder than the period average, red = warmer.2025

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

38.0 °C

24 June 1944

Coldest day

-10.3 °C

21 January 1985

Wettest day

164 mm

7 October 2016

Windiest day

76.0 km/h

9 September 1964

Strongest gust

154.4 km/h

9 September 1964

Hottest feels-like

44.9 °C

2 August 1999

Coldest feels-like

-17.7 °C

21 January 1985

Snowiest day

3.2 cm

23 December 1989

Sunniest day

13.2 h

28 May 1951

YearHottest dayColdest dayAnnual meanRainfallHot daysFrost days
202535.0 °C30 July 2025-0.1 °C25 January 202521.0 °C1,246 mm871
202434.4 °C8 August 20240.5 °C17 January 202421.5 °C1,299 mm920
202336.1 °C21 July 20232.1 °C15 January 202321.9 °C1,093 mm860
202236.2 °C23 June 2022-3.1 °C24 December 202221.4 °C1,085 mm944
202133.7 °C21 August 20211.3 °C17 January 202121.2 °C1,250 mm660
202034.3 °C12 July 20200.4 °C26 December 202022.0 °C1,134 mm860
201935.2 °C11 August 20192.5 °C21 January 201921.9 °C1,039 mm930
201834.0 °C15 September 2018-2.7 °C18 January 201821.2 °C1,214 mm903
201733.3 °C28 July 20170.0 °C8 January 201721.8 °C1,171 mm780
201635.9 °C8 July 20160.2 °C24 January 201621.7 °C1,147 mm1040
201534.6 °C19 June 2015-1.2 °C20 February 201521.8 °C961 mm771
201434.6 °C28 July 2014-3.2 °C7 January 201420.4 °C1,182 mm711
201333.5 °C12 June 20130.8 °C17 February 201320.9 °C1,037 mm590
201233.4 °C30 June 2012-1.5 °C12 February 201221.0 °C1,035 mm663
201135.2 °C20 June 2011-2.0 °C13 January 201121.1 °C862 mm1061
201035.8 °C30 July 2010-3.3 °C14 December 201019.9 °C772 mm9916
200934.9 °C21 June 2009-2.9 °C5 February 200920.7 °C1,062 mm714
200833.6 °C6 August 2008-0.8 °C3 January 200820.5 °C951 mm741
200735.1 °C10 August 2007-0.4 °C17 February 200721.0 °C889 mm821
200636.0 °C11 August 20060.0 °C14 February 200620.8 °C652 mm920
200534.2 °C23 July 2005-1.6 °C24 January 200520.5 °C1,104 mm821
200435.0 °C31 May 2004-0.5 °C20 December 200420.7 °C1,138 mm791
200332.8 °C9 July 2003-4.6 °C24 January 200320.3 °C1,052 mm524
200234.9 °C3 June 2002-1.2 °C28 February 200220.7 °C1,042 mm634
200134.5 °C9 July 2001-1.9 °C4 January 200120.6 °C993 mm817
200035.4 °C20 July 2000-3.6 °C20 December 200020.3 °C748 mm853
199937.6 °C2 August 1999-2.1 °C6 January 199920.7 °C880 mm712
199836.5 °C30 June 19982.3 °C1 January 199821.5 °C998 mm920
199734.5 °C4 July 1997-0.9 °C18 January 199720.8 °C1,223 mm772
199634.2 °C21 July 1996-4.0 °C5 February 199620.1 °C1,054 mm627
199534.4 °C9 July 1995-2.9 °C9 February 199520.6 °C1,120 mm712
199432.7 °C16 May 1994-0.6 °C19 January 199420.9 °C1,277 mm581
199334.4 °C29 July 1993-0.7 °C14 March 199320.5 °C1,179 mm901
199234.4 °C10 July 1992-0.8 °C17 January 199220.4 °C1,036 mm681
199133.6 °C16 June 1991-2.2 °C16 February 199121.2 °C1,096 mm791
199034.2 °C20 June 19903.1 °C13 January 199021.5 °C729 mm890
198934.6 °C6 August 1989-5.7 °C24 December 198920.6 °C1,150 mm655
198833.5 °C24 May 1988-0.1 °C19 December 198819.9 °C1,116 mm741
198734.8 °C8 August 19870.8 °C27 January 198720.3 °C1,051 mm880
198637.3 °C20 July 1986-6.0 °C28 January 198621.2 °C988 mm962
198535.7 °C3 June 1985-10.3 °C21 January 198520.7 °C1,067 mm627
198433.9 °C11 August 1984-0.2 °C7 December 198420.2 °C1,046 mm522
198334.2 °C18 July 1983-7.8 °C25 December 198319.9 °C1,347 mm554
198234.1 °C4 July 1982-4.8 °C11 January 198220.9 °C1,236 mm693
198137.4 °C15 July 1981-4.7 °C13 January 198119.8 °C685 mm848
198036.9 °C13 July 1980-3.6 °C3 March 198020.1 °C964 mm732
197933.7 °C5 July 1979-3.4 °C3 January 197920.2 °C1,212 mm553
197834.3 °C2 July 1978-1.7 °C10 January 197820.1 °C989 mm587
197734.3 °C8 July 1977-4.0 °C19 January 197719.9 °C963 mm787
197634.3 °C16 July 1976-2.2 °C18 January 197619.6 °C999 mm402
197534.2 °C10 June 1975-1.0 °C19 December 197520.8 °C932 mm721
197432.6 °C20 July 1974-2.0 °C26 February 197420.7 °C931 mm451
197332.8 °C11 July 1973-1.7 °C22 December 197320.4 °C1,138 mm602
197233.9 °C3 July 19720.3 °C17 December 197220.7 °C1,164 mm520
197134.5 °C15 June 1971-4.0 °C20 January 197120.4 °C1,138 mm606
197034.5 °C20 June 1970-5.4 °C9 January 197019.9 °C900 mm748
196934.0 °C11 July 1969-0.2 °C15 November 196919.4 °C1,455 mm491
196833.9 °C28 July 1968-1.8 °C16 December 196819.4 °C949 mm654
196732.2 °C14 May 1967-3.4 °C26 February 196719.9 °C907 mm462
196633.4 °C5 July 1966-5.7 °C31 January 196619.5 °C1,026 mm416
196532.1 °C27 August 1965-2.4 °C18 January 196520.0 °C951 mm443
196434.9 °C16 June 1964-3.8 °C14 January 196420.0 °C1,494 mm543
196334.3 °C15 June 1963-3.0 °C24 January 196319.7 °C1,016 mm615
196234.0 °C9 July 1962-7.1 °C13 December 196219.9 °C980 mm696
196133.1 °C31 July 1961-2.9 °C22 January 196119.9 °C899 mm543
196033.5 °C3 July 1960-2.5 °C23 January 196019.5 °C1,139 mm559
195933.9 °C30 June 1959-4.0 °C17 January 195920.3 °C1,409 mm434
195833.8 °C14 June 1958-5.5 °C18 February 195819.4 °C988 mm7510
195733.3 °C16 August 1957-4.1 °C12 December 195720.6 °C1,235 mm484
195634.5 °C7 August 1956-1.1 °C15 January 195619.9 °C827 mm652
195533.5 °C11 August 1955-2.7 °C12 February 195520.2 °C918 mm623
195436.1 °C28 June 1954-0.8 °C21 December 195420.2 °C709 mm772
195334.5 °C26 May 1953-0.2 °C18 December 195320.5 °C1,379 mm591
195235.6 °C26 June 1952-0.5 °C16 December 195220.3 °C1,111 mm681
195134.3 °C8 August 1951-1.5 °C8 February 195120.4 °C848 mm834
195036.4 °C26 June 1950-4.3 °C25 November 195020.4 °C1,204 mm512
194933.7 °C28 July 19490.8 °C1 January 194921.2 °C1,013 mm770
194834.2 °C25 June 1948-4.6 °C15 January 194821.1 °C1,173 mm662
194733.5 °C4 August 1947-1.7 °C5 February 194720.7 °C1,510 mm392
194632.9 °C16 July 19464.0 °C2 January 194621.2 °C1,201 mm350
194536.1 °C1 June 19451.9 °C20 December 194521.3 °C1,242 mm720
194438.0 °C24 June 19442.8 °C15 December 194421.2 °C1,207 mm590
194334.3 °C15 August 19431.1 °C15 February 194320.9 °C1,003 mm660
194235.8 °C20 July 19421.3 °C11 January 194221.0 °C853 mm670
194137.2 °C11 June 19413.2 °C1 March 194120.9 °C863 mm820
194034.2 °C20 June 1940-2.0 °C27 January 194020.3 °C948 mm515

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Across the whole year

Average daily high
25.3 °C
+0.7 °C
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
87 d/yr
+18
Frost days (< 0 °C)
1 d/yr
-2
Annual rainfall
1246 mm
+185 mm

Month by month

Highvs. normalPrecipitationvs. normal
Jan15.1 °C-2.4 °C90 mm+27 mm
Feb21.1 °C+2.4 °C42 mm-27 mm
Mar22.4 °C+1.1 °C67 mm-10 mm
Apr26.3 °C+1.9 °C18 mm-36 mm
May29.8 °C+2.1 °C125 mm+61 mm
Jun30.5 °C+0.6 °C135 mm+16 mm
Jul31.7 °C+0.9 °C125 mm-11 mm
Aug30.5 °C+0.2 °C321 mm+174 mm
Sep28.4 °C-0.3 °C100 mm-46 mm
Oct25.0 °C-0.5 °C174 mm+92 mm
Nov22.8 °C+1.1 °C1 mm-47 mm
Dec19.6 °C+0.8 °C48 mm-8 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day
35.0 °C
30 Jul 2025
Coldest day
-0.1 °C
25 Jan 2025
Wettest day
62.0 mm
27 Oct 2025
Windiest day
35.0 km/h
6 Jan 2025
Strongest gust
78.8 km/h
6 Jan 2025
Hottest feels-like
42.3 °C
29 Jul 2025
Coldest feels-like
-5.3 °C
22 Jan 2025
Sunniest day
13.1 h
24 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Jacksonville Beach?

Jacksonville Beach has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 1,061 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Jacksonville Beach?

The hottest day measured in Jacksonville Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 1944, reaching 38.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Jacksonville Beach?

The coldest day measured in Jacksonville Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -10.3 °C.

Does it snow in Jacksonville Beach?

Almost never: Jacksonville Beach sees virtually no snow, with about 3 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Jacksonville Beach warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Jacksonville Beach?

The wettest day measured in Jacksonville Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 7 October 2016, with 164 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Jacksonville Beach?

The windiest day measured in Jacksonville Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 9 September 1964, with winds reaching 76.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Jacksonville Beach?

The warmest month in Jacksonville Beach is July (27.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Jacksonville Beach?

Jacksonville Beach receives on average 1,061 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Jacksonville Beach?

Jacksonville Beach gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Jacksonville Beach?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Jacksonville Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 1989, with 3.2 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Jacksonville Beach?

Yes: Jacksonville Beach has on average 158 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Jacksonville Beach?

In Jacksonville Beach, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.9 °C on 2 August 1999, and the lowest was -17.7 °C on 21 January 1985.

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