West Palm Beach climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of West Palm Beach?

West Palm Beach has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.0 °C and it receives 1,145 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in West Palm Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 1980, reaching 33.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in West Palm Beach?

The coldest day measured in West Palm Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 1989, at 2.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in West Palm Beach?

Almost never: West Palm Beach sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of West Palm Beach warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in West Palm Beach?

The wettest day measured in West Palm Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 16 November 2023, with 194 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in West Palm Beach?

The windiest day measured in West Palm Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 2005, with winds reaching 105.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in West Palm Beach?

The warmest month in West Palm Beach is August (27.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (19.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in West Palm Beach?

West Palm Beach receives on average 1,145 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 171 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in West Palm Beach?

West Palm Beach gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

West Palm Beach (United States) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.0 °C and it receives 1,145 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 August (27.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (19.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

West Palm Beach averages 0 frost days, 25 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 171 rainy days per year.

West Palm Beach 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 33.8 °C (on 13 July 1980) and the coldest 2.3 °C (on 24 December 1989).

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

West Palm BeachFlorida

coords: 26.72°, -80.05°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

24.0°C

Average daily high

25.8°C

Average daily low

22.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,145mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

77%

Average peak wind

21.2km/h

Seasonal range

7.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

25 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

171 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.3 °C

Average feels-like low

23.6 °C

Average peak gust

34.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

280 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.2 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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

33.8 °C

13 July 1980

Coldest day

2.3 °C

24 December 1989

Wettest day

194 mm

16 November 2023

Windiest day

105.1 km/h

24 October 2005

Strongest gust

185.0 km/h

24 October 2005

Hottest feels-like

40.8 °C

23 July 2023

Coldest feels-like

-5.3 °C

24 December 1989

Sunniest day

13.2 h

29 May 1951

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	31.9 °C25 August 2025	10.9 °C31 December 2025	25.0 °C	1,208 mm	62
2024	32.1 °C8 July 2024	14.1 °C29 January 2024	25.2 °C	1,563 mm	89
2023	33.4 °C6 August 2023	9.1 °C14 January 2023	25.4 °C	1,758 mm	75
2022	32.5 °C17 August 2022	8.8 °C30 January 2022	25.1 °C	1,586 mm	57
2021	31.5 °C1 August 2021	10.6 °C3 February 2021	24.9 °C	1,210 mm	43
2020	32.8 °C9 July 2020	9.1 °C22 January 2020	25.3 °C	1,536 mm	72
2019	32.8 °C6 September 2019	11.0 °C21 January 2019	25.2 °C	1,433 mm	69
2018	32.2 °C21 July 2018	7.3 °C4 January 2018	24.8 °C	1,330 mm	53
2017	31.3 °C28 July 2017	11.8 °C10 December 2017	25.0 °C	1,358 mm	55
2016	31.6 °C15 June 2016	8.1 °C24 January 2016	24.8 °C	1,468 mm	47
2015	32.3 °C26 April 2015	9.3 °C20 February 2015	25.2 °C	1,090 mm	45
2014	32.4 °C28 July 2014	10.5 °C19 January 2014	24.5 °C	1,112 mm	35
2013	31.1 °C23 July 2013	9.3 °C4 March 2013	24.5 °C	1,189 mm	15
2012	31.7 °C25 July 2012	10.0 °C3 January 2012	24.3 °C	1,133 mm	27
2011	32.2 °C2 August 2011	11.1 °C23 January 2011	24.6 °C	1,033 mm	51
2010	32.3 °C12 July 2010	4.3 °C14 December 2010	23.3 °C	1,208 mm	53
2009	33.1 °C22 June 2009	6.6 °C21 January 2009	24.3 °C	1,013 mm	52
2008	31.7 °C13 August 2008	8.5 °C3 January 2008	24.2 °C	1,230 mm	15
2007	31.4 °C22 June 2007	9.1 °C17 February 2007	24.4 °C	1,208 mm	35
2006	31.4 °C13 August 2006	8.0 °C13 February 2006	24.1 °C	901 mm	11
2005	32.4 °C23 July 2005	10.7 °C24 January 2005	24.0 °C	1,369 mm	49
2004	31.5 °C15 July 2004	10.5 °C18 February 2004	24.0 °C	1,234 mm	26
2003	30.4 °C12 May 2003	6.9 °C24 January 2003	24.2 °C	1,174 mm	6
2002	31.0 °C1 August 2002	6.5 °C4 January 2002	24.3 °C	910 mm	12
2001	30.7 °C25 August 2001	9.4 °C5 January 2001	23.9 °C	1,167 mm	14
2000	31.5 °C7 July 2000	8.4 °C20 December 2000	23.8 °C	766 mm	23
1999	32.3 °C29 July 1999	11.8 °C5 January 1999	24.0 °C	1,109 mm	23
1998	33.0 °C1 July 1998	11.4 °C9 February 1998	24.6 °C	924 mm	68
1997	31.4 °C1 July 1997	8.4 °C18 January 1997	24.2 °C	1,238 mm	22
1996	31.8 °C3 July 1996	6.2 °C17 February 1996	23.6 °C	1,193 mm	23
1995	31.4 °C18 September 1995	7.5 °C25 December 1995	24.0 °C	1,411 mm	25
1994	30.7 °C24 June 1994	12.5 °C5 January 1994	24.4 °C	1,375 mm	7
1993	32.1 °C19 August 1993	7.6 °C14 March 1993	24.0 °C	1,123 mm	36
1992	32.0 °C3 July 1992	10.2 °C16 January 1992	23.8 °C	1,127 mm	30
1991	32.1 °C10 August 1991	6.0 °C16 February 1991	24.4 °C	1,227 mm	38
1990	31.9 °C31 July 1990	12.7 °C13 January 1990	24.6 °C	839 mm	29
1989	31.9 °C21 September 1989	2.3 °C24 December 1989	24.1 °C	854 mm	16
1988	31.6 °C27 June 1988	9.5 °C18 December 1988	23.8 °C	1,032 mm	16
1987	32.3 °C13 July 1987	9.5 °C12 January 1987	23.7 °C	1,125 mm	33
1986	31.4 °C30 July 1986	3.4 °C28 January 1986	24.0 °C	1,111 mm	12
1985	31.1 °C2 June 1985	2.9 °C22 January 1985	23.7 °C	1,086 mm	17
1984	31.2 °C11 August 1984	8.2 °C1 March 1984	23.4 °C	1,048 mm	9
1983	32.8 °C26 July 1983	4.8 °C26 December 1983	23.6 °C	1,393 mm	27
1982	32.0 °C4 July 1982	5.4 °C12 January 1982	24.3 °C	1,256 mm	22
1981	32.7 °C16 July 1981	6.4 °C13 January 1981	23.2 °C	829 mm	25
1980	33.8 °C13 July 1980	2.5 °C3 March 1980	23.7 °C	1,034 mm	43
1979	30.9 °C13 July 1979	7.4 °C1 February 1979	23.7 °C	1,083 mm	20
1978	31.0 °C7 September 1978	6.3 °C23 February 1978	23.6 °C	1,325 mm	17
1977	31.0 °C21 August 1977	3.9 °C20 January 1977	23.3 °C	1,158 mm	17
1976	32.0 °C16 July 1976	7.6 °C18 January 1976	23.3 °C	1,220 mm	11
1975	31.4 °C8 June 1975	7.3 °C22 December 1975	24.1 °C	1,035 mm	9
1974	31.5 °C29 September 1974	10.1 °C10 February 1974	24.0 °C	808 mm	17
1973	30.9 °C10 September 1973	6.7 °C11 February 1973	23.7 °C	1,118 mm	11
1972	31.9 °C30 June 1972	8.9 °C20 February 1972	24.2 °C	1,123 mm	16
1971	31.3 °C14 June 1971	4.7 °C20 January 1971	23.8 °C	1,050 mm	14
1970	32.7 °C27 June 1970	4.4 °C10 January 1970	23.3 °C	969 mm	15
1969	33.2 °C12 July 1969	10.1 °C19 February 1969	23.2 °C	1,424 mm	27
1968	30.7 °C1 September 1968	6.3 °C16 December 1968	22.9 °C	1,247 mm	9
1967	30.2 °C9 May 1967	8.5 °C26 February 1967	23.6 °C	1,192 mm	1
1966	31.6 °C25 August 1966	6.2 °C31 January 1966	23.1 °C	1,284 mm	10
1965	31.3 °C2 August 1965	6.0 °C18 January 1965	23.6 °C	998 mm	5
1964	30.7 °C12 July 1964	4.9 °C14 January 1964	23.7 °C	1,201 mm	15
1963	31.7 °C21 July 1963	8.3 °C25 December 1963	23.3 °C	1,163 mm	24
1962	31.8 °C4 August 1962	5.8 °C13 December 1962	23.4 °C	886 mm	26
1961	30.7 °C23 May 1961	7.5 °C22 January 1961	23.8 °C	830 mm	9
1960	30.8 °C12 September 1960	7.5 °C22 January 1960	23.4 °C	1,165 mm	12
1959	30.3 °C29 June 1959	7.4 °C18 January 1959	23.9 °C	1,332 mm	5
1958	32.4 °C16 June 1958	4.9 °C4 February 1958	23.2 °C	1,118 mm	26
1957	31.4 °C1 August 1957	5.2 °C12 December 1957	23.9 °C	1,107 mm	24
1956	32.6 °C7 August 1956	8.1 °C9 January 1956	23.4 °C	672 mm	14
1955	31.6 °C10 August 1955	8.1 °C12 February 1955	23.5 °C	904 mm	8
1954	31.6 °C6 August 1954	8.2 °C20 December 1954	23.5 °C	1,229 mm	22
1953	31.3 °C18 June 1953	10.6 °C4 January 1953	23.9 °C	1,269 mm	7
1952	31.1 °C22 July 1952	9.3 °C16 December 1952	23.8 °C	991 mm	20
1951	31.3 °C8 August 1951	7.8 °C3 February 1951	23.6 °C	1,016 mm	25
1950	31.9 °C26 June 1950	7.7 °C26 November 1950	23.5 °C	934 mm	16
1949	31.2 °C9 September 1949	8.6 °C1 January 1949	24.1 °C	929 mm	15
1948	31.5 °C15 August 1948	4.7 °C15 January 1948	24.4 °C	1,200 mm	16
1947	30.7 °C28 August 1947	8.6 °C6 February 1947	24.0 °C	1,478 mm	2
1946	30.3 °C4 July 1946	13.4 °C25 January 1946	24.3 °C	1,332 mm	1
1945	31.3 °C4 June 1945	13.2 °C10 January 1945	24.1 °C	1,130 mm	2
1944	33.4 °C24 June 1944	12.1 °C12 December 1944	24.3 °C	857 mm	23
1943	30.9 °C21 July 1943	12.5 °C15 February 1943	23.9 °C	1,065 mm	5
1942	32.3 °C21 July 1942	10.8 °C28 February 1942	24.0 °C	859 mm	14
1941	31.8 °C11 June 1941	10.4 °C10 February 1941	23.8 °C	1,210 mm	14
1940	31.1 °C1 September 1940	8.8 °C27 January 1940	23.4 °C	1,086 mm	11

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.7 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

62 d/yr

+37

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1208 mm

+63 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	21.7 °C	-0.2 °C	33 mm	-15 mm
Feb	24.1 °C	+1.8 °C	29 mm	-20 mm
Mar	24.5 °C	+1.1 °C	37 mm	-24 mm
Apr	25.3 °C	+0.4 °C	20 mm	-38 mm
May	28.5 °C	+1.8 °C	97 mm	+3 mm
Jun	29.1 °C	+0.6 °C	150 mm	-9 mm
Jul	30.2 °C	+0.9 °C	205 mm	+74 mm
Aug	30.8 °C	+1.4 °C	146 mm	-6 mm
Sep	29.3 °C	+0.6 °C	295 mm	+124 mm
Oct	27.4 °C	+0.4 °C	150 mm	+36 mm
Nov	25.0 °C	+0.4 °C	18 mm	-44 mm
Dec	24.5 °C	+1.6 °C	28 mm	-17 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

31.9 °C

25 Aug 2025

Coldest day

10.9 °C

31 Dec 2025

Wettest day

49.3 mm

5 Sep 2025

Windiest day

37.6 km/h

10 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

61.6 km/h

11 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.8 °C

31 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

6.4 °C

11 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

13.1 h

6 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of West Palm Beach?

West Palm Beach has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.0 °C and it receives 1,145 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in West Palm Beach?

The hottest day measured in West Palm Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 1980, reaching 33.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in West Palm Beach?

The coldest day measured in West Palm Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 1989, at 2.3 °C.

Does it snow in West Palm Beach?

Almost never: West Palm Beach sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of West Palm Beach warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in West Palm Beach?

The wettest day measured in West Palm Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 16 November 2023, with 194 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in West Palm Beach?

The windiest day measured in West Palm Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 2005, with winds reaching 105.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in West Palm Beach?

The warmest month in West Palm Beach is August (27.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (19.8 °C).

How much does it rain in West Palm Beach?

West Palm Beach receives on average 1,145 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 171 rainy days.

Is it sunny in West Palm Beach?

West Palm Beach gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in West Palm Beach?

Yes: West Palm Beach has on average 280 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in West Palm Beach?

In West Palm Beach, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.8 °C on 23 July 2023, and the lowest was -5.3 °C on 24 December 1989.

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