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Palm Beach in August

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Palm Beach is hot: highs near 90°F, lows near 78°F. Rain falls on about six days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 40 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Palm Beach is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 26°C. Rain falls on about six days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 40 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
90°F32°Caverage
Low
78°F26°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 86% of days
Daylight
13h 03mon average

Is August a good time to visit Palm Beach?

August sits outside Palm Beach's best months, which run from December to March. Expect hot days and rain on about six days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 90°F in August, against 77°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 32°C in August, against 25°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

86% of days in August, against 22% to 87% through the year.

Cloud cover

64% cover in August, against 37% to 67% through the year.

Daylight

13h 03m in August, against 10h 29m to 13h 47m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July90°32°low 78°low 26°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. August90°32°low 78°low 26°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. September88°31°low 77°low 25°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Palm Beach sits, in August

America/New York
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:52 AMsets 7:58 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
26.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Miami104 km south

The land around Palm Beach, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in United States in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Palm Beach

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 6 km west of Palm Beach. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.