Santa Rosa Beach climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Santa Rosa Beach?

Santa Rosa Beach has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.8 °C and it receives 1,230 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Rosa Beach?

The hottest day measured in Santa Rosa Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 1980, reaching 38.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Santa Rosa Beach?

The coldest day measured in Santa Rosa Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -12.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Santa Rosa Beach?

Almost never: Santa Rosa Beach sees virtually no snow, with about 6 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Santa Rosa Beach warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Santa Rosa Beach?

The wettest day measured in Santa Rosa Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 1953, with 157 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Santa Rosa Beach?

The windiest day measured in Santa Rosa Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 4 October 1995, with winds reaching 91.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Santa Rosa Beach?

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

Q: How much does it rain in Santa Rosa Beach?

Santa Rosa Beach receives on average 1,230 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 134 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Santa Rosa Beach?

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

Santa Rosa Beach (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.8 °C and it receives 1,230 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.

Santa Rosa Beach averages 6 frost days, 74 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 134 rainy days per year.

Santa Rosa 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 38.4 °C (on 14 July 1980) and the coldest -12.7 °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

Santa Rosa BeachFlorida

coords: 30.40°, -86.23°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthOctober

Mean daily temperature

19.8°C

Average daily high

23.9°C

Average daily low

16.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,230mm

Sunshine / day

9.7h

Mean relative humidity

76%

Average peak wind

16.8km/h

Seasonal range

16.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

6 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

74 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

134 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.3 cm

Average feels-like high

25.4 °C

Average feels-like low

16.3 °C

Average peak gust

32.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

147 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 = 0.20 · 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

38.4 °C

14 July 1980

Coldest day

-12.7 °C

21 January 1985

Wettest day

157 mm

26 September 1953

Windiest day

91.3 km/h

4 October 1995

Strongest gust

170.6 km/h

4 October 1995

Hottest feels-like

44.2 °C

14 July 1980

Coldest feels-like

-19.8 °C

21 January 1985

Snowiest day

10.4 cm

21 January 2025

Sunniest day

13.8 h

21 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	34.8 °C28 July 2025	-4.9 °C22 January 2025	20.4 °C	1,289 mm	79	10
2024	35.6 °C14 August 2024	-5.0 °C17 January 2024	21.1 °C	1,504 mm	102	4
2023	36.4 °C26 August 2023	1.9 °C20 March 2023	21.3 °C	1,347 mm	87	0
2022	35.9 °C23 June 2022	-5.8 °C24 December 2022	20.4 °C	1,384 mm	79	4
2021	33.8 °C26 July 2021	-0.9 °C16 February 2021	20.5 °C	1,480 mm	56	1
2020	34.9 °C11 July 2020	-0.8 °C21 January 2020	21.1 °C	1,381 mm	78	2
2019	35.4 °C18 September 2019	-0.5 °C13 November 2019	21.2 °C	1,123 mm	119	1
2018	33.9 °C19 June 2018	-5.5 °C18 January 2018	20.6 °C	1,653 mm	93	9
2017	33.8 °C25 August 2017	-2.8 °C8 January 2017	21.1 °C	1,361 mm	74	2
2016	33.8 °C20 July 2016	-0.7 °C24 January 2016	21.0 °C	1,317 mm	104	1
2015	34.8 °C12 July 2015	-5.1 °C8 January 2015	21.0 °C	1,270 mm	91	5
2014	35.3 °C1 July 2014	-6.3 °C7 January 2014	19.3 °C	1,447 mm	78	11
2013	34.0 °C6 August 2013	-0.1 °C28 November 2013	20.1 °C	1,607 mm	73	1
2012	34.3 °C28 May 2012	-1.3 °C12 February 2012	20.8 °C	1,302 mm	70	2
2011	36.5 °C1 June 2011	-3.8 °C13 January 2011	20.2 °C	958 mm	99	7
2010	36.8 °C31 July 2010	-5.2 °C11 January 2010	19.3 °C	1,143 mm	102	20
2009	37.7 °C23 June 2009	-3.0 °C21 January 2009	20.0 °C	1,430 mm	83	7
2008	33.9 °C21 July 2008	-4.0 °C3 January 2008	19.7 °C	1,073 mm	72	6
2007	36.0 °C11 June 2007	-1.7 °C29 January 2007	20.4 °C	815 mm	107	3
2006	34.5 °C22 June 2006	-2.1 °C8 December 2006	20.4 °C	829 mm	96	2
2005	34.7 °C24 July 2005	-2.0 °C24 January 2005	20.1 °C	1,505 mm	92	4
2004	34.6 °C24 July 2004	-1.4 °C20 December 2004	20.1 °C	1,203 mm	77	7
2003	31.9 °C9 August 2003	-6.3 °C24 January 2003	19.5 °C	1,371 mm	34	5
2002	35.0 °C18 July 2002	-3.4 °C28 February 2002	19.7 °C	1,448 mm	59	7
2001	33.5 °C23 July 2001	-3.8 °C2 January 2001	19.6 °C	1,066 mm	56	10
2000	36.8 °C18 July 2000	-4.9 °C20 December 2000	19.8 °C	876 mm	78	10
1999	35.5 °C2 August 1999	-5.2 °C5 January 1999	20.0 °C	919 mm	65	6
1998	36.6 °C6 July 1998	-0.4 °C12 March 1998	20.5 °C	1,601 mm	95	2
1997	35.2 °C21 September 1997	-3.0 °C18 January 1997	19.6 °C	1,452 mm	74	4
1996	35.0 °C23 May 1996	-8.2 °C5 February 1996	19.1 °C	1,318 mm	68	16
1995	35.6 °C15 August 1995	-3.1 °C9 February 1995	19.9 °C	1,310 mm	88	7
1994	32.1 °C15 June 1994	-3.8 °C19 January 1994	19.8 °C	1,405 mm	42	4
1993	34.8 °C2 July 1993	-1.9 °C14 March 1993	19.6 °C	1,280 mm	94	4
1992	34.5 °C6 July 1992	-0.9 °C20 January 1992	19.5 °C	1,295 mm	58	2
1991	33.8 °C13 July 1991	-3.7 °C16 February 1991	20.2 °C	1,502 mm	75	1
1990	35.3 °C4 September 1990	-1.7 °C25 December 1990	20.7 °C	834 mm	104	1
1989	33.9 °C7 August 1989	-10.4 °C24 December 1989	19.6 °C	1,261 mm	62	10
1988	33.9 °C25 June 1988	-4.1 °C7 February 1988	19.2 °C	1,211 mm	66	5
1987	34.9 °C20 August 1987	-2.9 °C27 January 1987	19.6 °C	1,303 mm	71	1
1986	38.2 °C2 August 1986	-4.9 °C28 January 1986	20.4 °C	1,361 mm	94	4
1985	34.5 °C6 June 1985	-12.7 °C21 January 1985	19.9 °C	1,369 mm	59	11
1984	33.7 °C25 June 1984	-2.4 °C6 February 1984	19.6 °C	1,100 mm	52	8
1983	34.4 °C25 August 1983	-8.8 °C25 December 1983	18.9 °C	1,684 mm	62	5
1982	33.5 °C26 August 1982	-8.1 °C11 January 1982	20.2 °C	1,306 mm	62	6
1981	35.3 °C15 July 1981	-5.8 °C13 January 1981	19.4 °C	963 mm	80	9
1980	38.4 °C14 July 1980	-4.6 °C3 March 1980	19.8 °C	1,297 mm	88	5
1979	34.0 °C1 July 1979	-5.7 °C3 January 1979	19.1 °C	1,421 mm	60	17
1978	35.4 °C29 June 1978	-3.8 °C10 January 1978	19.5 °C	1,167 mm	96	11
1977	35.3 °C11 June 1977	-9.5 °C19 January 1977	19.6 °C	1,074 mm	94	16
1976	33.6 °C23 August 1976	-3.5 °C9 January 1976	18.7 °C	1,150 mm	55	9
1975	33.5 °C2 September 1975	-2.7 °C19 December 1975	19.9 °C	1,546 mm	68	5
1974	34.4 °C20 June 1974	-2.3 °C26 February 1974	20.2 °C	957 mm	59	2
1973	34.2 °C9 July 1973	-2.4 °C22 December 1973	20.0 °C	1,367 mm	79	8
1972	35.5 °C19 August 1972	-4.2 °C16 January 1972	20.2 °C	1,221 mm	87	4
1971	33.7 °C15 June 1971	-4.9 °C10 February 1971	20.0 °C	952 mm	77	7
1970	36.1 °C3 July 1970	-6.3 °C9 January 1970	19.3 °C	1,069 mm	82	12
1969	36.8 °C28 June 1969	-2.7 °C5 January 1969	19.1 °C	1,064 mm	81	4
1968	35.2 °C20 June 1968	-3.5 °C16 December 1968	19.0 °C	685 mm	86	10
1967	34.1 °C19 June 1967	-2.6 °C26 February 1967	19.5 °C	926 mm	41	4
1966	34.6 °C7 July 1966	-10.2 °C30 January 1966	19.0 °C	1,145 mm	70	12
1965	33.5 °C20 July 1965	-4.3 °C17 January 1965	19.6 °C	1,134 mm	50	7
1964	34.4 °C21 June 1964	-4.2 °C14 January 1964	19.3 °C	1,293 mm	67	7
1963	34.7 °C8 June 1963	-8.9 °C24 January 1963	19.0 °C	1,222 mm	77	19
1962	34.9 °C18 July 1962	-10.6 °C13 December 1962	19.6 °C	1,040 mm	99	9
1961	33.1 °C5 September 1961	-4.8 °C22 January 1961	19.2 °C	1,275 mm	49	7
1960	34.9 °C29 August 1960	-4.5 °C22 December 1960	19.0 °C	1,138 mm	75	16
1959	33.5 °C29 June 1959	-4.0 °C17 January 1959	19.5 °C	1,840 mm	56	9
1958	34.5 °C12 June 1958	-4.7 °C18 February 1958	18.8 °C	1,296 mm	67	19
1957	35.2 °C10 July 1957	-4.8 °C12 December 1957	20.1 °C	1,255 mm	70	6
1956	35.2 °C7 August 1956	-0.6 °C23 November 1956	19.6 °C	1,139 mm	52	3
1955	34.2 °C23 August 1955	-3.5 °C12 February 1955	19.7 °C	967 mm	56	7
1954	37.1 °C29 June 1954	-1.0 °C20 December 1954	20.0 °C	700 mm	104	2
1953	36.4 °C27 May 1953	-1.6 °C18 December 1953	20.1 °C	1,332 mm	74	2
1952	37.8 °C27 June 1952	-2.4 °C15 December 1952	19.9 °C	903 mm	80	1
1951	35.7 °C17 July 1951	-7.5 °C3 February 1951	19.9 °C	1,019 mm	80	10
1950	36.2 °C27 June 1950	-4.6 °C25 November 1950	19.8 °C	923 mm	58	5
1949	33.4 °C30 July 1949	1.1 °C1 January 1949	20.6 °C	1,240 mm	65	0
1948	33.8 °C8 June 1948	-4.7 °C18 January 1948	20.1 °C	1,729 mm	72	7
1947	37.5 °C5 August 1947	-2.4 °C10 February 1947	19.7 °C	1,599 mm	54	2
1946	32.8 °C11 July 1946	2.2 °C23 January 1946	20.3 °C	1,402 mm	32	0
1945	34.3 °C31 May 1945	-2.1 °C20 December 1945	20.3 °C	1,239 mm	66	1
1944	38.1 °C18 June 1944	1.3 °C15 December 1944	20.3 °C	1,282 mm	76	0
1943	36.4 °C16 August 1943	-0.9 °C4 March 1943	19.9 °C	985 mm	77	2
1942	37.3 °C21 July 1942	-2.9 °C11 January 1942	19.7 °C	989 mm	71	3
1941	33.8 °C24 May 1941	1.3 °C9 February 1941	19.8 °C	998 mm	63	0
1940	33.5 °C23 July 1940	-5.5 °C27 January 1940	19.1 °C	1,129 mm	57	11

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

24.5 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

79 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

10 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1289 mm

+59 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	13.8 °C	-1.5 °C	95 mm	-15 mm
Feb	19.6 °C	+2.6 °C	98 mm	-10 mm
Mar	21.3 °C	+1.3 °C	135 mm	+6 mm
Apr	25.0 °C	+1.4 °C	34 mm	-49 mm
May	27.5 °C	+0.1 °C	180 mm	+110 mm
Jun	30.0 °C	-0.1 °C	155 mm	+50 mm
Jul	31.5 °C	+0.9 °C	150 mm	+10 mm
Aug	30.4 °C	-0.3 °C	191 mm	+63 mm
Sep	30.1 °C	+0.9 °C	44 mm	-63 mm
Oct	25.8 °C	+0.4 °C	45 mm	-19 mm
Nov	21.4 °C	+1.1 °C	14 mm	-69 mm
Dec	17.1 °C	+0.4 °C	150 mm	+48 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.8 °C

28 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-4.9 °C

22 Jan 2025

Wettest day

45.6 mm

18 Dec 2025

Windiest day

41.5 km/h

5 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

80.6 km/h

5 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.6 °C

29 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-10.7 °C

22 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

10.4 cm

21 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.8 h

3 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Santa Rosa Beach?

Santa Rosa Beach has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.8 °C and it receives 1,230 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Rosa Beach?

The hottest day measured in Santa Rosa Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 1980, reaching 38.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Santa Rosa Beach?

The coldest day measured in Santa Rosa Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -12.7 °C.

Does it snow in Santa Rosa Beach?

Almost never: Santa Rosa Beach sees virtually no snow, with about 6 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Santa Rosa Beach warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Santa Rosa Beach?

The wettest day measured in Santa Rosa Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 1953, with 157 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Santa Rosa Beach?

The windiest day measured in Santa Rosa Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 4 October 1995, with winds reaching 91.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Santa Rosa Beach?

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

How much does it rain in Santa Rosa Beach?

Santa Rosa Beach receives on average 1,230 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 134 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Santa Rosa Beach?

Santa Rosa 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 Santa Rosa Beach?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Santa Rosa Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 2025, with 10.4 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Santa Rosa Beach?

Yes: Santa Rosa Beach has on average 147 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Santa Rosa Beach?

In Santa Rosa Beach, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.2 °C on 14 July 1980, and the lowest was -19.8 °C on 21 January 1985.

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