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Weather in West Palm Beach, Florida

Flowers spill across the islands. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

West Palm Beach, FL
Sunday, May 17 at 5:52 AM
79
°
Drizzle
Feels like
85°
Humidity
83%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
6:31 AM
Sunset
8:02 PM
West Palm Beach, FL
Hour by hour · 24h
79°
1a
78°
2a
78°
3a
77°
4a
77°
5a
77°
6a
77°
7a
80°
8a
83°
9a
86°
10a
87°
11a
87°
12p
89°
1p
89°
2p
88°
3p
88°
4p
87°
5p
86°
6p
85°
7p
84°
8p
81°
9p
81°
10p
80°
11p
80°
12a
L 77°H 89°
West Palm Beach, FL
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 17
    Light Drizzle
    10%
    87°76°
  2. Monday
    May 18
    Light Drizzle
    22%
    86°76°
  3. Tuesday
    May 19
    Light Drizzle
    31%
    88°76°
  4. Wednesday
    May 20
    Light Drizzle
    10%
    90°78°
  5. Thursday
    May 21
    Overcast
    19%
    90°78°
  6. Friday
    May 22
    Partly Cloudy
    24%
    89°78°
  7. Saturday
    May 23
    Partly Cloudy
    25%
    91°78°
West Palm Beach, FL
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
E
087° · backing 56°
Direction
E
087°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
22
mph
Peak 24h
25
avg 10
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 10 · pk 25 @ 11:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 56° from the e.
West Palm Beach, FL
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1017.0
0.0 mb in 3h · steady · 30.03 inHg
Now
1017.0
mb
3h
0.0
mb
12h
-0.1
mb
24h
+0.5
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10161019
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
West Palm Beach, FL
Air quality
38
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
7.1 μg/m³
PM 10
10.9 μg/m³
NO₂
2.1 μg/m³
Ozone
75.0 μg/m³
UV Index
0.0 Low
West Palm Beach, FL
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:08 AM
Sunrise
6:31 AM
Daylight
13h 31m
Sunset
8:02 PM
Civil dusk
12:28 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
West Palm Beach, FL
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
10:50 AM
Moonset
12:17 AM
In sign
♊︎ Gemini
West Palm Beach, FL
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20

Flowers spill across the islands

bird
Jan 137% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

West Palm Beach at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 6°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: January 26 (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 West Palm 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.