Palm Coast climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Palm Coast?

Palm Coast has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.3 °C and it receives 1,042 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Palm Coast?

The hottest day measured in Palm Coast between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1999, reaching 37.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Palm Coast?

The coldest day measured in Palm Coast between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -7.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Palm Coast?

Almost never: Palm Coast sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Palm Coast warmed?

Yes: Palm Coast warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Palm Coast?

The wettest day measured in Palm Coast between 1940 and 2025 was 9 September 1964, with 226 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Palm Coast?

The windiest day measured in Palm Coast between 1940 and 2025 was 9 September 1964, with winds reaching 70.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Palm Coast?

The warmest month in Palm Coast is July (27.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (14.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Palm Coast?

Palm Coast receives on average 1,042 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 142 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Palm Coast?

Palm Coast gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Palm Coast (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.3 °C and it receives 1,042 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 (27.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (14.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Palm Coast averages 1 frost days, 85 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 142 rainy days per year.

Palm Coast has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.7 °C (on 2 August 1999) and the coldest -7.5 °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

Palm CoastFlorida

coords: 29.58°, -81.21°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthNovember

Mean daily temperature

21.3°C

Average daily high

25.4°C

Average daily low

18.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,042mm

Sunshine / day

10.1h

Mean relative humidity

77%

Average peak wind

15.8km/h

Seasonal range

12.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

85 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

142 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.3 °C

Average feels-like low

18.8 °C

Average peak gust

34.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

169 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.2 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.26 · 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

37.7 °C

2 August 1999

Coldest day

-7.5 °C

21 January 1985

Wettest day

226 mm

9 September 1964

Windiest day

70.5 km/h

9 September 1964

Strongest gust

158.4 km/h

9 September 1964

Hottest feels-like

44.2 °C

2 August 1999

Coldest feels-like

-14.4 °C

21 January 1985

Snowiest day

0.4 cm

23 December 1989

Sunniest day

13.2 h

17 June 1947

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	36.4 °C29 July 2025	2.6 °C11 November 2025	22.1 °C	1,164 mm	107	0
2024	34.8 °C10 June 2024	4.5 °C17 January 2024	22.4 °C	1,301 mm	115	0
2023	36.1 °C21 July 2023	3.4 °C15 January 2023	22.7 °C	971 mm	105	0
2022	35.1 °C23 June 2022	-1.5 °C25 December 2022	22.3 °C	1,312 mm	107	2
2021	35.4 °C21 August 2021	3.3 °C3 February 2021	22.2 °C	1,191 mm	94	0
2020	34.8 °C28 June 2020	2.5 °C25 December 2020	22.8 °C	1,094 mm	112	0
2019	35.2 °C24 June 2019	3.9 °C21 January 2019	22.7 °C	1,099 mm	108	0
2018	34.1 °C8 August 2018	-1.7 °C18 January 2018	22.1 °C	1,300 mm	120	1
2017	34.6 °C25 July 2017	2.6 °C8 January 2017	22.5 °C	1,331 mm	104	0
2016	35.9 °C8 July 2016	1.3 °C24 January 2016	22.4 °C	1,041 mm	114	0
2015	34.9 °C19 June 2015	1.1 °C20 February 2015	22.7 °C	943 mm	91	0
2014	34.1 °C23 August 2014	-0.2 °C7 January 2014	21.2 °C	1,229 mm	77	1
2013	34.6 °C30 August 2013	2.4 °C17 February 2013	21.8 °C	932 mm	84	0
2012	34.2 °C26 July 2012	0.4 °C12 February 2012	21.8 °C	1,042 mm	83	0
2011	35.4 °C12 August 2011	0.5 °C13 January 2011	21.9 °C	807 mm	118	0
2010	36.8 °C30 July 2010	-2.1 °C14 December 2010	20.4 °C	817 mm	111	8
2009	35.3 °C21 June 2009	-1.0 °C21 January 2009	21.5 °C	1,060 mm	103	2
2008	34.2 °C7 August 2008	2.1 °C3 January 2008	21.3 °C	877 mm	89	0
2007	35.1 °C10 August 2007	2.3 °C17 February 2007	21.7 °C	952 mm	87	0
2006	35.7 °C11 August 2006	1.7 °C13 February 2006	21.6 °C	573 mm	112	0
2005	34.1 °C22 July 2005	2.5 °C24 January 2005	21.2 °C	1,132 mm	85	0
2004	35.2 °C31 May 2004	2.6 °C20 December 2004	21.5 °C	1,050 mm	103	0
2003	33.9 °C10 May 2003	-2.5 °C24 January 2003	21.3 °C	1,011 mm	76	1
2002	34.8 °C3 June 2002	0.3 °C4 January 2002	21.5 °C	1,169 mm	84	0
2001	33.8 °C10 August 2001	-0.4 °C4 January 2001	21.3 °C	1,068 mm	88	1
2000	36.2 °C7 July 2000	-2.6 °C20 December 2000	21.2 °C	701 mm	98	1
1999	37.7 °C2 August 1999	0.9 °C6 January 1999	21.5 °C	998 mm	81	0
1998	37.2 °C30 June 1998	4.9 °C1 January 1998	22.3 °C	943 mm	109	0
1997	36.0 °C4 July 1997	1.0 °C19 January 1997	21.6 °C	1,168 mm	92	0
1996	34.6 °C21 July 1996	-1.6 °C5 February 1996	20.9 °C	1,004 mm	83	4
1995	35.4 °C9 July 1995	-0.7 °C9 February 1995	21.4 °C	1,186 mm	91	1
1994	34.3 °C27 June 1994	3.5 °C19 January 1994	21.8 °C	1,294 mm	77	0
1993	35.4 °C2 August 1993	-0.1 °C14 March 1993	21.3 °C	1,378 mm	98	1
1992	35.4 °C27 July 1992	2.7 °C17 January 1992	21.3 °C	993 mm	92	0
1991	34.1 °C14 August 1991	-0.8 °C16 February 1991	22.1 °C	1,051 mm	98	1
1990	35.2 °C20 June 1990	3.8 °C13 January 1990	22.4 °C	759 mm	103	0
1989	35.7 °C7 August 1989	-4.5 °C24 December 1989	21.6 °C	981 mm	104	4
1988	33.9 °C24 August 1988	2.2 °C18 December 1988	20.9 °C	1,006 mm	86	0
1987	34.5 °C8 August 1987	2.3 °C27 January 1987	21.1 °C	1,168 mm	92	0
1986	35.9 °C31 July 1986	-5.3 °C28 January 1986	21.8 °C	1,009 mm	107	2
1985	36.1 °C11 June 1985	-7.5 °C21 January 1985	21.4 °C	904 mm	88	4
1984	33.2 °C21 June 1984	1.8 °C7 February 1984	20.9 °C	917 mm	66	0
1983	34.8 °C17 July 1983	-5.8 °C25 December 1983	20.7 °C	1,432 mm	71	2
1982	33.4 °C31 July 1982	-3.3 °C12 January 1982	21.8 °C	1,304 mm	83	3
1981	35.5 °C17 June 1981	-3.1 °C13 January 1981	20.4 °C	802 mm	92	5
1980	36.6 °C13 July 1980	-2.7 °C3 March 1980	20.9 °C	905 mm	97	1
1979	34.1 °C3 July 1979	-1.7 °C3 January 1979	21.0 °C	1,127 mm	80	1
1978	34.6 °C29 June 1978	-0.7 °C15 January 1978	20.9 °C	1,068 mm	84	2
1977	35.1 °C12 June 1977	-2.8 °C19 January 1977	20.6 °C	1,001 mm	94	4
1976	33.9 °C16 July 1976	-0.9 °C18 January 1976	20.4 °C	995 mm	59	1
1975	33.3 °C27 May 1975	1.5 °C19 December 1975	21.6 °C	849 mm	97	0
1974	32.4 °C10 June 1974	-0.1 °C26 February 1974	21.4 °C	1,125 mm	73	1
1973	33.7 °C12 May 1973	-0.4 °C22 December 1973	21.1 °C	1,034 mm	82	1
1972	34.1 °C29 July 1972	1.7 °C17 December 1972	21.4 °C	858 mm	72	0
1971	34.2 °C15 June 1971	-2.5 °C20 January 1971	21.1 °C	975 mm	98	3
1970	36.1 °C4 August 1970	-3.6 °C8 January 1970	20.7 °C	826 mm	95	5
1969	34.6 °C11 July 1969	1.0 °C15 November 1969	20.2 °C	1,319 mm	63	0
1968	33.3 °C30 July 1968	-0.4 °C16 December 1968	20.0 °C	933 mm	74	1
1967	33.6 °C15 May 1967	-1.0 °C26 February 1967	20.8 °C	800 mm	65	1
1966	33.6 °C15 July 1966	-4.2 °C31 January 1966	20.2 °C	1,017 mm	57	3
1965	32.9 °C6 July 1965	-1.2 °C18 January 1965	20.6 °C	920 mm	54	2
1964	34.8 °C16 June 1964	-3.1 °C14 January 1964	20.8 °C	1,414 mm	66	1
1963	34.5 °C20 June 1963	-0.6 °C25 December 1963	20.3 °C	1,117 mm	80	1
1962	33.7 °C25 May 1962	-4.2 °C13 December 1962	20.5 °C	1,002 mm	75	3
1961	33.7 °C31 July 1961	-0.9 °C22 January 1961	20.7 °C	854 mm	68	1
1960	33.1 °C23 May 1960	-0.5 °C23 January 1960	20.2 °C	1,235 mm	56	2
1959	34.4 °C30 June 1959	-2.8 °C17 January 1959	20.9 °C	1,380 mm	51	1
1958	33.8 °C13 June 1958	-4.1 °C18 February 1958	20.1 °C	1,083 mm	84	6
1957	33.5 °C1 July 1957	-3.4 °C12 December 1957	21.1 °C	1,103 mm	63	1
1956	34.3 °C7 August 1956	0.1 °C9 January 1956	20.5 °C	882 mm	71	0
1955	34.0 °C11 August 1955	-1.1 °C12 February 1955	20.8 °C	856 mm	86	1
1954	35.2 °C28 June 1954	0.5 °C20 December 1954	20.7 °C	742 mm	78	0
1953	34.6 °C26 May 1953	2.0 °C4 January 1953	21.2 °C	1,327 mm	71	0
1952	35.5 °C26 June 1952	1.0 °C16 December 1952	20.9 °C	1,032 mm	85	0
1951	34.3 °C8 August 1951	0.5 °C2 February 1951	21.0 °C	939 mm	92	0
1950	36.5 °C26 June 1950	-2.2 °C26 November 1950	21.0 °C	993 mm	70	2
1949	33.9 °C28 July 1949	1.9 °C1 January 1949	21.7 °C	990 mm	89	0
1948	34.1 °C25 June 1948	-3.3 °C15 January 1948	21.8 °C	1,115 mm	82	1
1947	32.9 °C9 June 1947	-0.1 °C5 February 1947	21.4 °C	1,366 mm	46	1
1946	32.5 °C13 July 1946	6.2 °C18 January 1946	22.0 °C	1,101 mm	45	0
1945	37.0 °C1 June 1945	5.2 °C2 February 1945	22.0 °C	1,013 mm	85	0
1944	37.6 °C24 June 1944	4.2 °C12 December 1944	21.9 °C	1,109 mm	71	0
1943	34.0 °C15 August 1943	3.6 °C15 February 1943	21.5 °C	994 mm	66	0
1942	36.0 °C21 July 1942	4.5 °C28 February 1942	21.7 °C	912 mm	73	0
1941	36.0 °C11 June 1941	4.8 °C1 March 1941	21.6 °C	820 mm	85	0
1940	34.1 °C20 June 1940	-0.6 °C27 January 1940	21.0 °C	978 mm	62	1

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.3 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

107 d/yr

+22

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

1164 mm

+122 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	16.3 °C	-2.4 °C	57 mm	+2 mm
Feb	22.3 °C	+2.5 °C	37 mm	-22 mm
Mar	24.0 °C	+1.7 °C	32 mm	-36 mm
Apr	27.1 °C	+1.9 °C	18 mm	-34 mm
May	30.7 °C	+2.4 °C	128 mm	+60 mm
Jun	31.0 °C	+0.7 °C	171 mm	+44 mm
Jul	32.4 °C	+1.2 °C	133 mm	-13 mm
Aug	31.3 °C	+0.5 °C	240 mm	+91 mm
Sep	29.1 °C	-0.2 °C	194 mm	+50 mm
Oct	25.9 °C	-0.4 °C	108 mm	+26 mm
Nov	23.7 °C	+1.0 °C	3 mm	-42 mm
Dec	21.3 °C	+1.3 °C	43 mm	-3 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.4 °C

29 Jul 2025

Coldest day

2.6 °C

11 Nov 2025

Wettest day

52.3 mm

10 Oct 2025

Windiest day

32.3 km/h

5 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

76.7 km/h

5 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.9 °C

19 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-3.6 °C

11 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

13.1 h

1 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Palm Coast?

Palm Coast has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.3 °C and it receives 1,042 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Palm Coast?

The hottest day measured in Palm Coast between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1999, reaching 37.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Palm Coast?

The coldest day measured in Palm Coast between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -7.5 °C.

Does it snow in Palm Coast?

Almost never: Palm Coast sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Palm Coast warmed?

Yes: Palm Coast warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Palm Coast?

The wettest day measured in Palm Coast between 1940 and 2025 was 9 September 1964, with 226 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Palm Coast?

The windiest day measured in Palm Coast between 1940 and 2025 was 9 September 1964, with winds reaching 70.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Palm Coast?

The warmest month in Palm Coast is July (27.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (14.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Palm Coast?

Palm Coast receives on average 1,042 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 142 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Palm Coast?

Palm Coast gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Palm Coast?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Palm Coast between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 1989, with 0.4 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Palm Coast?

Yes: Palm Coast has on average 169 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Palm Coast?

In Palm Coast, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.2 °C on 2 August 1999, and the lowest was -14.4 °C on 21 January 1985.

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