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Panama City Beach, Florida Weather

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Panama City Beach weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Panama City Beach, FL
Sunday, July 5 at 5:22 AM
80
°
Clear
Feels like
88°
Humidity
78%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
12:47 AM
Sunset
2:48 PM
Panama City Beach, FL
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastPanama City Beach, FL: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 79 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit with a 23% chance of precipitation at 4 AM.
L 79°H 90°
Panama City Beach, FL
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Partly Cloudy
    90°80°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Drizzle
    56%
    0.03″
    84°77°-6°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    T-storm w/ Hail
    63%
    90°81°+6°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Thunderstorm
    29%
    89°81°-1°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    T-storm w/ Hail
    22%
    91°81°+2°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Partly Cloudy
    90°82°-1°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    14%
    90°83°
Panama City Beach, FL
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
W
281° · backing 64°
Direction
W
281°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
6
mph
Peak 24h
16
avg 6
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
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 16 @ 10:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 164SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Panama City Beach, FL
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1013.8
+0.6 mb in 3h · rising · 29.94 inHg
Now
1013.8
mb
3h
+0.6
mb
12h
+0.5
mb
24h
-1.3
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10131017
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1016.61013.01013.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Air sits at the threshold — small shifts decide the day.
Panama City Beach, FL
Air quality
31
AQI
Good
-10 in 6h

AQI 31 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 10 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). PM2.5 at 6.4 µg/m³ (AQI 36) with a 0.72 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.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
6.4μg/m³
PM 10Good
9μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneModerate
70μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 33 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 15 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 33
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 15

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 6.4 µg/m³ (AQI 36) with a 0.72 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.72
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Panama City Beach, FL
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
6%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
38.5mi
UNLIMITED
49 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
10:22 UTC · Panama City Beach, FL · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
10:22 UTC · Panama City Beach, FL · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Panama City Beach, FL
Satellite · infrared · animated
Panama City Beach, FL
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Panama City Beach, FL
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:20 AM
Sunrise
12:47 AM
Daylight
14h 01m
Sunset
2:48 PM
Civil dusk
8:17 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Panama City Beach, FL
The moon
Waning Gibbous
74% illuminated
Moonrise
10:55 PM
Moonset
10:58 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Panama City Beach, FL
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Panama City Beach at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 80°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: February 16 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP codes: 32407, 32413

15-Day Forecast — Panama City Beach

  1. Sun90°80°3%
  2. Mon84°77°56%
  3. Tue90°81°63%
  4. Wed89°81°29%
  5. Thu91°81°22%
  6. Fri90°82°9%
  7. Sat90°83°14%
  8. Sun90°77°36%
  9. Mon85°73°39%
  10. Tue88°78°29%
  11. Wed89°82°17%
  12. Thu90°83°30%
  13. Fri90°81°48%
  14. Sat91°79°45%
  15. Sun86°77°56%

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 — Panama City Beach

SPC includes Panama City 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 Panama City Beach

  • 32407
  • 32413
  • 32417

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.