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Weather in Ocean City, Florida

Roses open on the Piedmont edge. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Ocean City, FL
Saturday, May 16 at 11:54 PM
78
°
Clear
Feels like
80°
Humidity
59%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
5:51 AM
Sunset
7:34 PM
Ocean City, FL
Hour by hour · 24h
84°
6p
79°
7p
75°
8p
71°
9p
67°
10p
65°
11p
63°
12a
61°
1a
60°
2a
59°
3a
58°
4a
58°
5a
58°
6a
60°
7a
65°
8a
71°
9a
75°
10a
78°
11a
79°
12p
80°
1p
81°
2p
81°
3p
80°
4p
79°
5p
L 58°H 84°
Ocean City, FL
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Overcast
    84°58°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Overcast
    81°64°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Overcast
    85°71°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Overcast
    85°69°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Overcast
    88°70°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Partly Cloudy
    87°70°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    16%
    87°71°
Ocean City, FL
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSW
208° · backing 169°
Direction
SSW
208°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
8
mph
Peak 24h
11
avg 4
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 4 · pk 11 @ 9:00a
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Ocean City, FL
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1016.0
-0.3 mb in 3h · steady · 30.00 inHg
Now
1016.0
mb
3h
-0.3
mb
12h
-2.8
mb
24h
-1.2
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10151019
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Ocean City, FL
Air quality
89
AQI
Moderate
PM 2.5
7.7 μg/m³
PM 10
11.3 μg/m³
NO₂
2.2 μg/m³
Ozone
122.0 μg/m³
UV Index
0.6 Low
Ocean City, FL
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
10:26 AM
Sunrise
5:51 AM
Daylight
13h 43m
Sunset
7:34 PM
Civil dusk
1:01 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Ocean City, FL
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
10:18 AM
Moonset
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Ocean City, FL
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20

Roses open on the Piedmont edge

weather
Jan 137% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Ocean City at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 3°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: February 18 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: 28 of 72, May 16–20
  • Planting window: Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of May 16, 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.

ZIP codes in Ocean City

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.