Palm Bay weather in August

In August, Palm Bay sees average daytime highs of 85°F and overnight lows near 78°F, with 5.6 in of rain across 22.5 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 85°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Palm Bay's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Palm Bay's year-round climate.

Daytime high
85°
1st warmest
Overnight low
78°
12th coldest
Rainfall
5.6 in
22.5 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
5:56 AM – 6:57 PM
Cloud cover
66%
12th clearest
Wind
7 mph
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.8 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Palm Bay is city in Brevard County, Florida, United States of America.

Density
672/km²
people per km²
Founded
1960

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 85°F through the month.

A typical August day in Palm Bay reaches about 85°F in the afternoon and slips back to 78°F overnight — a 7°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 83°F and 88°F. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°F warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Palm Bay

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 90°F and 0 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ 32°F
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Palm Bay weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan70° / 60°2.2710.47.0
Feb71° / 61°1.96.9117.1
Mar74° / 64°2.36.911.87.5
Apr77° / 68°1.96.912.67.5
May81° / 73°2.79.313.46.8
Jun84° / 76°5.218.413.74.5
Jul85° / 78°4.619.813.63.9
Aug85° / 78°5.622.5133.7
Sep84° / 77°5.92012.24.3
Oct80° / 74°3.812.511.36.3
Nov75° / 68°1.97.610.67.4
Dec72° / 63°1.86.810.37.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14159
24159
34159
44159
54159
64258
74258
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Palm Bay gets around 5.6 in of rain over 22.5 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 73% and peaks near 74% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the miserable band about 59% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
104654
204555
304456
404456
504357
604258
704159
804159
904060
1003961
1113960
1213861
1313861
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2413960
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2614059
2714158
2814356
2914455
3014554
3114752

Wind in August

Winds average 7 mph in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 mph on the calmest days to 8 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (mph)Feels
17calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:48 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 7:09 PM to 6:41 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.35:487:09
213.35:497:08
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.03 kWh/m² to a high of 6.46 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 5.8 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Palm Bay

In seasonPeak

In August, Palm Bay sits inside its atlantic hurricane and rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Palm Bay sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Palm Bay's rainy season runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is August a good time to visit Palm Bay?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.7
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Palm Bay.

What to pack for Palm Bay in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Palm Bay sees daytime highs around 85°F and nights near 78°F. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Palm Bay in August

The nearest coast averages about 82°F in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 14 mi away) is warmest in September at about 83°F and coldest in February near 69°F.

The water stays above 68°F all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

70°75°80°85°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°F)Comfort
Jan70Refreshing
Feb69Refreshing
Mar71Refreshing
Apr74Refreshing
May77Warm
Jun80Warm
Jul82Warm
Aug82Tropical
Sep83Tropical
Oct81Warm
Nov76Warm
Dec73Refreshing

UV index in Palm Bay in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Palm Bay peaks around July 14 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 14UV 11Dec 19UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5Moderate
Feb7High
Mar9Very high
Apr8Very high
May10Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct7Very high
Nov5High
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Palm Bay in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Palm Bay is worst in July — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.1× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1817 µg/m³Dec 156 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan6Good
Feb7Good
Mar9Good
Apr10Good
May10Good
Jun14Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep10Good
Oct8Good
Nov6Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Palm Bay?

Palm Bay sits at 28.0°N, 80.6°W, 16 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Melbourne, 3.7 mi away.

Topography around Palm Bay

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Palm Bay has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 ft around an average of 16 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 95 ft; within 50 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 246 ft.

The land around Palm Bay is covered by water (33%), trees (27%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 2 miles, water (43%) and trees (27%) within 10 miles, and water (37%), trees (29%) and grassland (28%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
52 ft
10 miles
95 ft
50 miles
246 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Melbourne 3.7 mi · West Melbourne 5.0 mi · Sebastian 17 mi · Merritt Island 23 mi · Rockledge 24 mi · Cocoa 26 mi · Vero Beach 30 mi · Vero Beach South 31 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 Palm Bay (28.0345°, -80.5887°, elevation 16 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).