Fort Walton Beach, Florida Weather
Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Fort Walton Beach weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 5Light Drizzle19%0.01″90°77°—
- MondayJul 6Showers56%0.51″84°75°-6°
- TuesdayJul 7T-storm w/ Hail63%—92°78°+8°
- WednesdayJul 8Thunderstorm33%—92°79°0°
- ThursdayJul 9Thunderstorm19%—93°78°+1°
- FridayJul 10Light Drizzle10%—92°79°-1°
- SaturdayJul 11Overcast16%—92°80°0°
AQI 45 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 8.8 µg/m³ (AQI 49) with a 0.74 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 37 now. With UV 0.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 6 around 1 PM.
- Present
- AQI 37
- UV peak
- 0.3 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- partly cloudy
- Projected peak
- AQI 6
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 8.8 µg/m³ (AQI 49) with a 0.74 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.74
- Wind
- calm
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- stagnant smoke
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
- Moonrise
- 10:58 PM
- Moonset
- 11:01 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon
Fort Walton Beach at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 4°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: February 18 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
ZIP codes: 32547, 32548
15-Day Forecast — Fort Walton Beach
- Sun90°77°19%
- Mon84°75°56%
- Tue92°78°63%
- Wed92°79°33%
- Thu93°78°19%
- Fri92°79°10%
- Sat92°80°16%
- Sun91°77°37%
- Mon79°74°44%
- Tue88°75°28%
- Wed91°81°17%
- Thu91°80°39%
- Fri87°79°45%
- Sat90°77°46%
- Sun87°76°48%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of July 5, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.
SPC Convective Outlook
Storm Prediction Center — Fort Walton Beach
SPC includes Fort Walton Beach in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.
- TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
- TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
- DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.
Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.
ZIP codes in Fort Walton Beach
- 32548
- 32547
- 32549