United States · 1991–2020

Best time to visit
Santa Rosa Beach.

April leads for comfortable weather in Santa Rosa Beach: typically 24.2°C by day, 16.1°C at night, with 117 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.

Best comfortApril
Typical high24.2°C
Typical low16.1°C
Rain in April117 mm
Comfort

April

April · October · November

84climate match
Beach

May

May · October · September

87climate match
Outdoors

November

November · March · February

78climate match

The weakest month is August, scoring 33 against April’s 84days average 32°C, 8° above the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights stay at 24.8°C.

Month by month

The whole year,
without the guesswork.

The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.

Jan
5216.8° / 7.7°
Feb
5518.1° / 9.3°
Mar
7321.1° / 12.5°
Apr
8424.2° / 16.1°
May
6928.1° / 20.4°
Jun
4430.9° / 23.9°
Jul
3632° / 24.9°
Aug
3332° / 24.8°
Sep
4730.7° / 22.9°
Oct
7826.8° / 17.8°
Nov
7821.9° / 12.2°
Dec
5118° / 8.9°
Monthly climate evidence for Santa Rosa Beach — daylight is calculated from latitude, everything else is measured, sea temperature from the nearest open water 10 km away
MonthDayNightRainWet daysSeaDaylightComfortCoverage
January16.8°C7.7°C90 mm717.9°C10 h 2352Good coverage
February18.1°C9.3°C122 mm6.317.1°C11 h 0455Good coverage
March21.1°C12.5°C103 mm6.318.2°C11 h 5473Good coverage
April24.2°C16.1°C117 mm520.7°C12 h 5284Good coverage
May28.1°C20.4°C78 mm4.524.3°C13 h 4069Good coverage
June30.9°C23.9°C125 mm7.727.6°C14 h 0644Good coverage
July32°C24.9°C137 mm8.829.0°C13 h 5636Good coverage
August32°C24.8°C155 mm1029.3°C13 h 1533Good coverage
September30.7°C22.9°C135 mm6.428.6°C12 h 1947Good coverage
October26.8°C17.8°C84 mm4.225.8°C11 h 2378Good coverage
November21.9°C12.2°C94 mm5.422.2°C10 h 3578Good coverage
December18°C8.9°C131 mm7.919.6°C10 h 1251Good coverage
Records at DESTIN FT WALTON BEACH AP, 1996–2026
MonthRecord highRecord lowWettest dayWettest / driest monthYears
January31.7°C8 Jan 2019-6.7°C24 Jan 200379 mm26 Jan 2021214 mm2010 · driest 5 mm in 200330
February27.2°C25 Feb 2018-5.6°C1 Feb 2026167 mm11 Feb 2018291 mm2018 · driest 37 mm in 201930
March30.0°C17 Mar 2015-1.1°C4 Mar 2002188 mm3 Mar 2012227 mm2012 · driest 3 mm in 200430
April31.7°C29 Apr 20185.0°C8 Apr 2009242 mm30 Apr 2014548 mm2014 · driest 2 mm in 199930
May36.7°C27 May 20129.4°C4 May 2013151 mm3 May 2010293 mm2026 · driest 1 mm in 201530
June38.9°C18 Jun 202216.7°C22 Jun 2007128 mm9 Jun 2013355 mm2017 · driest 16 mm in 199830
July38.3°C15 Jul 202518.9°C21 Jul 2009171 mm16 Jul 2011413 mm2013 · driest 15 mm in 200630
August40.0°C26 Aug 202318.9°C14 Aug 2004124 mm27 Aug 2010319 mm2012 · driest 13 mm in 201429
September37.8°C5 Sep 201912.8°C27 Sep 2001319 mm28 Sep 2015374 mm2015 · driest 0 mm in 199929
October33.9°C4 Oct 20165.6°C28 Oct 1997161 mm18 Oct 2007334 mm2007 · driest 0 mm in 201629
November32.8°C4 Nov 2016-1.0°C13 Nov 201991 mm26 Nov 2013199 mm2018 · driest 14 mm in 202529
December29.4°C27 Dec 2008-5.6°C20 Dec 2000147 mm5 Dec 2016306 mm2018 · driest 31 mm in 201030
Typical days per month at DESTIN FT WALTON BEACH AP, 1991–2020
MonthDays 25°C+Days 30°C+Frost nightsHeavy rain (10 mm+)
January<1<133
February<1013
March30<13
April13<103
May29702
June292304
July312804
August312704
September292103
October24502
November7003
December1014
How often, not how much — every day in DESTIN FT WALTON BEACH AP’s record sorted by what it was actually like, rather than averaged
MonthWarm & dry daysWet daysWashoutsWeek with 3+ wet daysDaytime mean has ranged
January20%23%10%19%14.4–19.1°C
February31%22%12%19%15.6–20.5°C
March58%21%10%18%18.9–22.9°C
April79%17%9%13%23.0–25.6°C
May83%17%8%17%27.1–29.2°C
June75%26%14%31%30.2–32.2°C
July68%32%13%44%31.2–33.3°C
August68%32%13%41%31.0–33.5°C
September79%21%11%20%29.6–32.1°C
October84%14%8%12%25.6–28.3°C
November62%18%9%17%20.3–24.3°C
December29%25%13%26%15.7–20.7°C

A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.

1997Each stripe is one year’s mean temperature against the 29-year average. Warmest: 2017. Coolest: 2010.2025

The evidence behind this page

Nearby, measured,
and named.

Place identity
GeoNames 4172094
NOAA station
USW00053853 · DESTIN FT WALTON BEACH AP
Station distance
22.9 km from the place centre
Climate period
1991–2020
Minimum month coverage
22 usable years
Daylight
Calculated from latitude 30.40°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
Sea temperature
NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology, nearest open water 10 km from the place centre. A sheltered bay can run warmer than the open sea it is measured from.
Important limit
Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.

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