All-time weather records — Fort Walton Beach, FL

Record high
107.1°F
April 17, 2002
Record low
-79.1°F
June 18, 2000
Wettest day
12.54 in
September 28, 2015

Climate change signal in Fort Walton Beach

66.4%

of Fort Walton Beach's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (243 of 366 records since 2015).

17.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (64 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1990s
32
59
2000s
53
164
2010s
176
104
2020s
105
39

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1997, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1996-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 93.0°F — Jan 15, 2007 -0.8°F — Jan 29, 2011 3.11 in — Jan 26, 2021
February 81.0°F — Feb 25, 2018 21.9°F — Feb 1, 2026 6.58 in — Feb 11, 2018
March 86.0°F — Mar 17, 2015 -0.8°F — Mar 18, 2011 7.39 in — Mar 3, 2012
April 107.1°F — Apr 17, 2002 -0.8°F — Apr 2, 2011 9.53 in — Apr 30, 2014
May 98.1°F — May 27, 2012 0.1°F — May 16, 2012 5.96 in — May 3, 2010
June 102.0°F — Jun 18, 2022 -79.1°F — Jun 18, 2000 5.02 in — Jun 9, 2013
July 100.9°F — Jul 15, 2025 0.1°F — Jul 1, 2009 6.73 in — Jul 16, 2011
August 104.0°F — Aug 26, 2023 66.0°F — Aug 14, 2004 4.89 in — Aug 27, 2010
September 100.0°F — Sep 5, 2019 0.1°F — Sep 25, 2012 12.54 in — Sep 28, 2015
October 93.0°F — Oct 1, 2019 17.2°F — Oct 28, 2009 6.35 in — Oct 18, 2007
November 91.0°F — Nov 4, 2016 -8.9°F — Nov 21, 2008 3.58 in — Nov 26, 2013
December 84.9°F — Dec 27, 2008 21.9°F — Dec 20, 2000 5.78 in — Dec 5, 2016

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Fort Walton Beach.