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Satellite view of Highland Beach; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Highland Beach

United StatesFlorida · United States · Gulf of Mexico

26.4022, -80.0645 · Highland Beach, 0 km

  • 30°Sea · August
  • 30°High · August
  • 9.0 hSunshine · April
The dot marks Highland Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Highland Beach in October

  • 28°CAir, daytime high24°C at night
  • 28°CSea temperature
  • 7.1 hSunshine a day
  • 17 daysRainy days in the month116 mm in total
  • 17 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 18Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 31 kmAirport: President Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 29.0 °C — 0.6 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.6 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.4 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.0 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaAugust and September30 °C
Most sunshineApril and May9 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and February50 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan25°6 h50 mm
  2. Feb25°7 h51 mm
  3. Mar25°8 h65 mm
  4. Apr26°9 h74 mm
  5. May27°9 h129 mm
  6. Jun28°8 h199 mm
  7. Jul29°8 h167 mm
  8. Aug30°8 h187 mm
  9. Sep29°7 h185 mm
  10. Oct28°7 h116 mm
  11. Nov27°7 h62 mm
  12. Dec26°6 h57 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 25°Feb: 25°Mar: 25°Apr: 26°May: 27°Jun: 28°Jul: 29°Aug: 30°Sep: 29°Oct: 28°Nov: 27°Dec: 26°30°25°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 20 °C (High 23° / Low 18°)Feb: 21 °C (High 24° / Low 19°)Mar: 22 °C (High 25° / Low 20°)Apr: 24 °C (High 27° / Low 22°)May: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 24°)Jun: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 26°)Jul: 28 °C (High 30° / Low 26°)Aug: 28 °C (High 30° / Low 27°)Sep: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 26°)Oct: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 24°)Nov: 24 °C (High 26° / Low 22°)Dec: 22 °C (High 24° / Low 20°)28°20°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 50 mm50Feb: 51 mmMar: 65 mmApr: 74 mmMay: 129 mmJun: 199 mm199Jul: 167 mmAug: 187 mmSep: 185 mmOct: 116 mmNov: 62 mmDec: 57 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6.1 hFeb: 7.0 hMar: 8.1 hApr: 9.0 h9.0May: 8.9 hJun: 8.0 hJul: 8.5 hAug: 8.2 hSep: 7.2 hOct: 7.1 hNov: 6.6 hDec: 6.0 h6.0

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Highland Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Highland Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January23182550106.118
February2419255187.018
March25202565108.118
April27222674109.017
May282427129158.916
June292628199248.013
July302629167278.512
Augustwarmest sea302730187278.212
September292629185257.214
October282428116177.117
November26222762116.618
December24202657106.018

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About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER13 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202019 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.113 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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