Climate by Place

Miami, FL climate: monthly averages and frost dates

Miami, FL has warm winters and hot summers by this site's scale, with very wet annual precipitation. The figures are the 1991–2020 climate normals for NOAA station USW00012839 (MIAMI INTL AP), 7 mi (11 km) in a straight line from the city's center point (US Census).

Warmest month high
90.7°F
August
Coldest month mean
68.6°F
January
Precipitation
67.4 in
per year
Snowfall
0.0 in
per year
32°F nights
0.0
per year

Monthly averages in Miami

Miami, FL: normal high, low and precipitation by month Normal daily high and low by month and monthly precipitation for Miami, FL. Highs peak in August at 90.7°F; the wettest month is June at 10.51 in. 60°F 70°F 80°F 90°F 100°F 76 78 81 84 87 89 91 91 89 86 81 78 61 63 66 70 73 76 78 78 77 74 68 64 11 in 1.8 2.1 2.5 3.4 6.3 10.5 7.4 9.6 10.2 7.7 3.5 2.4 J F M A M J J A S O N D Normal daily high Normal daily low Precipitation (in)
NOAA 1991–2020 monthly normals, station USW00012839. “–” means NOAA publishes no value.
MonthHigh °FLow °FMean °FPrecip. inSnow inDays ≥0.01 inDays ≥90°FNights ≤32°F
January 76.261.068.61.830.0 7.70.00.0
February 78.263.270.72.150.0 6.50.00.0
March 80.665.673.12.460.0 6.30.80.0
April 83.669.876.73.360.0 6.92.10.0
May 86.773.480.16.320.0 10.86.00.0
June 89.376.382.810.510.0 17.615.20.0
July 90.677.584.17.360.0 17.323.80.0
August 90.777.784.29.580.0 19.424.70.0
September 89.076.983.010.220.0 18.114.80.0
October 85.974.280.17.650.0 13.84.00.0
November 81.368.374.83.530.0 8.60.10.0
December 78.264.371.22.440.0 8.00.00.0
Year 84.270.777.467.410.0 141.091.40.0

How cold is winter in Miami?

Winters in Miami are warm by this site's scale (coldest-month mean 60°F or more). The coldest month is January, with a mean temperature of 68.6°F (20.3°C), a normal daily high of 76.2°F (24.6°C) and a normal daily low of 61.0°F (16.1°C).

Nights at or below 32°F are almost unknown here: the normal count rounds to 0.0 a year.

How hot is summer in Miami?

Summers in Miami are hot by this site's scale (hottest-month high 90 to under 100°F). August has the highest normal daily high, 90.7°F (32.6°C), with nights averaging 77.7°F (25.4°C).

The high reaches 90°F or more on 91.4 days in a normal year.

The normal daily high itself is 90°F or above in July and August.

What is the wettest month in Miami?

Miami gets 67.41 in (1712 mm) of precipitation in a normal year, which this site classes as very wet (60 in or more a year). The wettest month is June with 10.51 in (267 mm); the driest is January with 1.83 in (46 mm).

Measurable precipitation (0.01 in or more) falls on 141.0 days a year.

Does it snow in Miami?

Snow is rare in Miami: the normal annual snowfall is 0.0 in (0 cm).

Which months are mild in Miami?

6 months in Miami meet this site's comfort thresholds (normal high 65–85°F, low 45°F or higher, fewer than 10 days with 0.10 in or more of precipitation): November to April.

October misses by one threshold only (normal high 85.9°F, above the 85°F limit).

Thresholds and their limits: methodology.

Frost dates and growing season in Miami

Miami's station has no night at or below 32°F in a typical year: NOAA's median freeze-free season is 365 days and the normal count of such nights is 0.0 a year. NOAA publishes no 32°F frost dates here because too few years had one.

NOAA gives a 0% chance of a 32°F night in every month.

Median (P50) dates at each temperature threshold NOAA publishes.
ThresholdMedian last date (spring)Median first date (autumn or winter)Median season, days
36°F No such night in a typical year (NOAA publishes no dates)
32°F No such night in a typical year (NOAA publishes no dates)
28°F No such night in a typical year (NOAA publishes no dates)
24°F No such night in a typical year (NOAA publishes no dates)
20°F No such night in a typical year (NOAA publishes no dates)
16°F No such night in a typical year (NOAA publishes no dates)
Chance of at least one night at or below 32°F in the month (NOAA MLY-TMIN-PRBOCC-LSTH032).
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Nearby and similar places

Of the places on this site, the closest to Miami by station distance are Tampa, FL at 203 mi (327 km), Jacksonville, FL at 335 mi (539 km) and Atlanta, GA at 595 mi (958 km).

Among places whose winter, summer and precipitation words are each within one band of Miami's (winter: warm, summer: hot, precipitation: very wet), the closest monthly temperature and precipitation patterns are Jacksonville, FL, Tampa, FL and New Orleans, LA.

Compared with Tampa, FL, Miami's peak-month normal high is 0.5°F (0.3°C) lower, its coldest-month mean is 6.6°F (3.7°C) higher, and its annual precipitation is 17.93 in more.

PlaceListed asStation distanceColdest mean °FWarmest high °FPrecip. in/yrSnow in/yrLast frost
Miami, FLthis page–68.690.767.40.0no freeze
Tampa, FLnearby, similar203 mi (327 km)62.091.249.50.0rare freeze
Jacksonville, FLnearby, similar335 mi (539 km)54.291.953.40.0February 25
Atlanta, GAnearby595 mi (958 km)44.890.150.42.2March 15
New Orleans, LAsimilar672 mi (1,082 km)54.391.463.40.0January 30

How nearby and similar places are chosen: methodology.

Source and station

The data for Miami come from NOAA station MIAMI INTL AP, FL US (USW00012839) at 25.7906, -80.3164, elevation 29 ft (9 m). It lies 7 mi (11 km) in a straight line from the center point of Miami city, the “internal point” in the US Census 2024 Gazetteer.

Each monthly normal used here rests on at least 11 years of data from 1991–2020 (NOAA's per-field year counts).

NOAA completeness flags on the monthly fields used here:

  • P: Provisional: meets WMO standards for data availability for 10 or more years (missing months cannot be filled).
  • R: Representative: meets WMO standards for data availability for 10 or more years (missing months filled from surrounding stations).
  • S: Standard: meets WMO standards for data availability for 24 or more years.

Cite the data as:

Palecki, Michael; Durre, Imke; Applequist, Scott; Arguez, Anthony; Lawrimore, Jay (2021). U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020). Station USW00012839 (MIAMI INTL AP, FL US). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/wck8-er13. Accessed 2026-10-09.

Palecki, Michael; Durre, Imke; Applequist, Scott; Arguez, Anthony; Lawrimore, Jay (2021). U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Annual/Seasonal Climate Normals (1991-2020). Station USW00012839 (MIAMI INTL AP, FL US). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/4ek7-fk11. Accessed 2026-10-09.

Files used: monthly normals CSV, annual/seasonal normals CSV (retrieved 2026-10-09). The values on this page as JSON: /us/fl/miami/data.json.