Climate and average weather in Lynn Haven

In Lynn Haven, the summers are oppressive, hot, wet, and partly cloudy and the winters are mild and partly cloudy.

Best: early March to late May

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Lynn Haven typically varies from 48°F to 85°F, and is rarely below 35°F or above 89°F. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Lynn Haven for warm-weather activities are from early March to late May and late September to early December.

Hottest
Jul
85°
Coldest
Jan
48°
Wettest
Aug
6.5 in
Driest
May
2.5 in
Rain / yr
52.2 in
130 wet days
Daylight
10.0–14.0 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
13 ft
30.2°N
Clearest
Oct
41% cloud

Lynn Haven is city in Bay County, Florida, United States.

Density
659/km²
people per km²
Founded
1914

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Lynn Haven weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early March to late May.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Lynn Haven, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.8 months, from May 16 to October 9, with daily high temperatures above 79°F. The hottest month of the year in Lynn Haven is July, with an average high of 85°F and low of 78°F.

The cool season lasts 3.1 months, from December 2 to March 5, with daily high temperatures below 65°F. The coldest month of the year in Lynn Haven is January, with an average low of 48°F and high of 60°F.

Days typically run about 10°F warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 13°F) in November.

40°60°80°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
Jan6048
Feb6351
Mar6756
Apr7362
May7970
Jun8476
Jul8578
Aug8578
Sep8474
Oct7765
Nov6956
Dec6351

How hot and cold Lynn Haven really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Lynn Haven feels like about 95°F (around August 2). About 93 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in August.

40°60°80°100°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°F)Air high (°F)Feels-like low (°F)Air low (°F)
Jan60604448
Feb63634951
Mar67675656
Apr73736262
May80797070
Jun90847676
Jul95857878
Aug95857878
Sep89847474
Oct77776565
Nov69695656
Dec63634951

Average hourly temperature in Lynn Haven

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 85°F, and coldest before dawn in January, near 48°F.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Lynn Haven weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan60° / 48°4.7910.35.1
Feb63° / 51°4.47.810.95.8
Mar67° / 56°4.98.211.86.7
Apr73° / 62°3.26.912.77.5
May79° / 70°2.57.713.57.2
Jun84° / 76°4.815.513.95.0
Jul85° / 78°5.620.213.84.0
Aug85° / 78°6.520.413.14.0
Sep84° / 74°5.01212.25.5
Oct77° / 65°3.56.411.37.6
Nov69° / 56°2.96.910.57.1
Dec63° / 51°4.28.610.15.8

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Lynn Haven gets about 52.2 in of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 3.8 months, from around May 29 to Sep 21, peaking in August at about 71% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Oct 22.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 6.5 in over about 20 wet days; May is the driest, with 2.5 in.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetAug 9 · 71%Oct 22 · 19%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan299
Feb288
Mar268
Apr247
May278
Jun5016
Jul6620
Aug6520
Sep4012
Oct226
Nov237
Dec289

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Lynn Haven collects about 52.2 in of rain across 130 wet days — roughly 4.3 in in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 6.5 in, while May is the driest at just 2.5 in. The three wettest months alone bring about 33% of the year’s total.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec4.74.44.93.22.54.85.66.55.03.52.94.2
Rainfall (in)Rain days
Jan4.79
Feb4.48
Mar4.98
Apr3.27
May2.58
Jun4.816
Jul5.620
Aug6.520
Sep5.012
Oct3.56
Nov2.97
Dec4.29

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Lynn Haven, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around September 9 and lasts for 2.9 months, ending around December 4. The clearest month is October, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 68% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around June 19 and lasts for 2.7 months, ending around September 8. The cloudiest month is August, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 57% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecOct 20 · 71%Aug 4 · 40%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5248
Feb5446
Mar5941
Apr6436
May6733
Jun5743
Jul4357
Aug4357
Sep5842
Oct6832
Nov6436
Dec5248

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 20, brings about 14 hours of light; the shortest, around December 20, only 10 hours — a swing of roughly 4 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.36:444:59
Feb10.96:305:25
Mar11.85:595:45
Apr12.75:216:05
May13.54:536:24
Jun13.94:456:41
Jul13.84:556:41
Aug13.15:146:20
Sep12.25:325:42
Oct11.35:505:05
Nov10.56:144:41
Dec10.16:374:41

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Lynn Haven averages about 13 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 7 and 18 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 2.8 months, from around Sep 14 to Dec 7. The sunniest month is October, with roughly 17 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is July, down near 8 sunny days — about 54% fewer than the October peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergloomymixedbrightOct 1918 daysJul 257 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan12Mixed
Feb11Mixed
Mar14Mixed
Apr15Bright
May16Bright
Jun12Mixed
Jul8Gloomy
Aug9Mixed
Sep13Mixed
Oct17Bright
Nov16Bright
Dec12Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Lynn Haven, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around April 22 to October 20. The muggiest month is June, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 99% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 21 to April 21, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 87% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 25 · 90%Jun 24 · 0%humidmiserableoppressivecomfortablemuggydrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan721511200
Feb661615300
Mar4818231000
Apr2717242750
May771431392
Jun013116026
Jul00024355
Aug00144055
Sep237175219
Oct21131926182
Nov5515151330
Dec671314600

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Lynn Haven is typically light breeze, near 8 mph, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 7.0 months, from around Sep 28 to Apr 29. The windiest month is January, averaging about 10 mph (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 30 to Sep 27, with August the calmest month at about 7 mph.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezyJan 11 · 10 mphAug 14 · 7 mph
Wind speed (mph)Feels
Jan10light breeze
Feb10light breeze
Mar9light breeze
Apr9light breeze
May8light breeze
Jun7calm
Jul7calm
Aug7calm
Sep8light breeze
Oct9light breeze
Nov9light breeze
Dec10light breeze

Hazard calendar for Lynn Haven

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Lynn Haven sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Atlantic hurricane
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Lynn Haven

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Lynn Haven throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid March, Lynn Haven is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 64°F and 82°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Lynn Haven for general outdoor tourist activities run from early March to late May and again from late September to early December, with a peak score in the last week of October.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 22 · 8.0

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan5.1fair
Feb5.8good
Mar6.7good
Apr7.5good
May7.2good
Jun5.1fair
Jul4.0fair
Aug4.0fair
Sep5.6good
Oct7.6ideal
Nov7.1good
Dec5.8good

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 75°F and 93°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Lynn Haven for hot-weather activities run from mid April to early July and again from late August to late October, with a peak score in the second week of October.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 9 · 7.1

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Lynn Haven, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 85°F), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 60°F), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Lynn Haven sees daytime highs around 85°F and nights near 78°F. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Lynn Haven

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 9 mi away) is warmest in August at about 85°F and coldest in February near 62°F.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Apr 8 to Dec 6 — about 8 months when the water holds above 68°F.

60°70°80°90°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°F)Comfort
Jan63Cool
Feb62Cool
Mar65Cool
Apr69Refreshing
May76Warm
Jun82Warm
Jul84Tropical
Aug85Tropical
Sep83Tropical
Oct78Warm
Nov71Refreshing
Dec66Cool

UV index (midday) in Lynn Haven by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lynn Haven peaks around June 18 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highVery highHighModerateJun 18UV 10Dec 19UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb6High
Mar7High
Apr9Very high
May9Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov5Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Lynn Haven

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan3.50
Feb50
Mar63
Apr7.54.5
May85
Jun8.56
Jul85.5
Aug85
Sep74
Oct5.50
Nov4.50
Dec2.50

Air quality in Lynn Haven by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Lynn Haven is worst in July — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.6× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodJul 1618 µg/m³Dec 127 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb16Moderate
Mar14Moderate
Apr10Good
May12Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep10Good
Oct7Good
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Lynn Haven is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan960
Feb990
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec980

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 50°F)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 50°F: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Lynn Haven banks about 6,919 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°F·days)
Jan132
Feb189
Mar360
Apr524
May758
Jun897
Jul980
Aug976
Sep867
Oct661
Nov369
Dec207

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Lynn Haven receives about 4.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.8 and 6.6 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.5 months, from around Mar 9 to Sep 21. The brightest month is May, averaging about 6.5 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.9 kWh/m² — roughly 56% less than the May peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseMay 146.6 kWhDec 222.8 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan3.1Moderate
Feb3.9Moderate
Mar5.1Bright
Apr6.1Intense
May6.6Intense
Jun6.2Intense
Jul5.9Bright
Aug5.5Bright
Sep5.0Bright
Oct4.4Bright
Nov3.5Moderate
Dec2.9Moderate

Where is Lynn Haven?

Lynn Haven sits at 30.2°N, 85.6°W, 13 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Panama City, 6.2 mi away.

Topography around Lynn Haven

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Lynn Haven.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Lynn Haven has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 85 ft around an average of 16 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 128 ft; within 50 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 377 ft.

The land around Lynn Haven is covered by water (33%), grassland (24%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 2 miles, trees (49%) and water (21%) within 10 miles, and trees (57%) and water (29%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
85 ft
10 miles
128 ft
50 miles
377 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
Nearby: Panama City 6.2 mi · Santa Rosa Beach 36 mi · Fort Walton Beach 59 mi · Wright 61 mi · Crestview 65 mi · Dothan 69 mi · Navarre 73 mi · Enterprise 75 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 100% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$90,027
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Lynn Haven (30.2455°, -85.6483°, elevation 13 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).