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Weather in Oriole Beach, Florida

Roses open on the Piedmont edge. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Oriole Beach, FL
Sunday, May 17 at 2:10 AM
73
°
Clear
Feels like
75°
Humidity
77%
Wind
8 mph
Sunrise
5:53 AM
Sunset
7:36 PM
Oriole Beach, FL
Hour by hour · 24h
75°
9p
73°
10p
71°
11p
70°
12a
67°
1a
66°
2a
65°
3a
66°
4a
64°
5a
66°
6a
68°
7a
72°
8a
74°
9a
77°
10a
78°
11a
79°
12p
80°
1p
80°
2p
80°
3p
79°
4p
78°
5p
77°
6p
76°
7p
72°
8p
L 64°H 80°
Oriole Beach, FL
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Overcast
    82°64°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Overcast
    80°70°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Overcast
    81°73°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Overcast
    82°72°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Overcast
    82°71°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Overcast
    82°72°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    21%
    82°74°
Oriole Beach, FL
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
175° · veering 127°
Direction
S
175°
Sustained
8
mph
Gust
10
mph
Peak 24h
11
avg 6
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE 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 6 · pk 11 @ 10:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 127° from the s.
Oriole Beach, FL
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1017.2
+0.6 mb in 3h · steady · 30.04 inHg
Now
1017.2
mb
3h
+0.6
mb
12h
-2.2
mb
24h
-0.3
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10161020
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair and building — a clean high settles over the region.
Oriole Beach, FL
Air quality
70
AQI
Moderate
PM 2.5
8.0 μg/m³
PM 10
11.6 μg/m³
NO₂
2.9 μg/m³
Ozone
100.0 μg/m³
UV Index
0.0 Low
Oriole Beach, FL
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:28 AM
Sunrise
5:53 AM
Daylight
13h 43m
Sunset
7:36 PM
Civil dusk
1:03 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Oriole Beach, FL
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
11:09 AM
Moonset
12:57 AM
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Oriole Beach, FL
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20

Roses open on the Piedmont edge

insect
Jan 137% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Oriole Beach at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 8°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: February 17 (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 17, 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 Oriole Beach

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.