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United States › Florida › Okaloosa County › Climate Station CRESTVIEW BOB SIKES AP, FL US Distance 12.1 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Okaloosa County home comfortable runs roughly $466 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Okaloosa County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

92.4°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 38.5°F.

Okaloosa County gets 63.6" of precipitation a year, and 32% of it falls in Jun, Jul, Aug.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

40° 60° 80° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low Precip
January 62.7° 38.5° 5.66"
February 66.8° 41.4° 4.58"
March 73.3° 46.7° 5.66"
April 79.4° 52.6° 4.92"
May 86.9° 60.6° 4.13"
June 91.1° 68.5° 5.96"
July 92.4° 71.1° 7.92"
August 91.7° 71.1° 6.42"
September 88.6° 66.9° 5.06"
October 81.1° 55.5° 4.09"
November 71.6° 44.6° 4.27"
December 64.6° 40.6° 4.93"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 32% falling in the wettest three months (Jun, Jul, Aug).

January 5.66"
February 4.58"
March 5.66"
April 4.92"
May 4.13"
June 5.96"
July 7.92"
August 6.42"
September 5.06"
October 4.09"
November 4.27"
December 4.93"
Annual total 63.6"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 2,499
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 1,739
Approximate annual cooling cost At 14.99¢/kWh, Florida average $375
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $91

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Okaloosa County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Okaloosa County?

Okaloosa County averages a high of 92.4°F in July and a low of 38.5°F in January. Annual precipitation is 63.6 inches, with essentially no snow.

When is the rainy season in Okaloosa County?

The wettest stretch is Jun, Jul, Aug, which accounts for 32% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Okaloosa County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 92.4°F. That drives 2,499 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Okaloosa County?

The weather station used for Okaloosa County, CRESTVIEW BOB SIKES AP, FL US, reports temperature and precipitation but not snowfall, so there is no snow normal to quote here. Precipitation that falls as snow is still counted in the 63.6 inches above, measured as melted water.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station CRESTVIEW BOB SIKES AP, FL US (USW00013884), 12.1 miles from the county centroid.
  • Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
  • Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
  • Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, Florida residential average.
  • Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.