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Fort Walton Beach, Florida Weather

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Fort Walton Beach weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Fort Walton Beach, FL
Wednesday, June 3 at 8:49 PM
84
°
Overcast
Feels like
87°
Humidity
52%
Wind
10 mph
Sunrise
5:44 AM
Sunset
7:45 PM
Fort Walton Beach, FL
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFort Walton Beach, FL: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 63 to 82 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 63°H 82°
Fort Walton Beach, FL
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Overcast
    24%
    84°69°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    83°63°-1°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    18%
    85°69°+2°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Light Drizzle
    39%
    85°75°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    36%
    87°74°+2°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    20%
    90°73°+3°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    33%
    90°77°
Fort Walton Beach, FL
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
E
094° · backing 152°
Direction
E
094°
Sustained
10
mph
Gust
15
mph
Peak 24h
28
avg 8
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 8 · pk 28 @ 9:00a
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2910SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 152° from the e.
Fort Walton Beach, FL
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1018.0
+0.5 mb in 3h · steady · 30.06 inHg
Now
1018.0
mb
3h
+0.5
mb
12h
+0.2
mb
24h
+3.7
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10151019
1010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1019.41014.61018.3
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Fort Walton Beach, FL
Air quality
46
AQI
Moderate
+2 in 6h

PM2.5 at 10.7 µg/m³, PM10 at 14.0 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points).

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
10.7μg/m³
PM 10Good
14μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneUnhealthy SG
109μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
5.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 53 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 53
UV peak
4.8 at earlier today
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 53

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 10.7 µg/m³, PM10 at 14.0 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.76
Wind
breezy
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Fort Walton Beach, FL
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
88%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
79.3mi
UNLIMITED
82 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
20:49 UTC ·Fort Walton Beach, FL · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
20:49 UTC ·Fort Walton Beach, FL · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Fort Walton Beach, FL
Satellite · infrared · animated
Fort Walton Beach, FL
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Fort Walton Beach, FL
Almanac · Wednesday, June 3
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
10:18 AM
Sunrise
5:44 AM
Daylight
14h 01m
Sunset
7:45 PM
Civil dusk
1:13 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Fort Walton Beach, FL
The moon
Waning Gibbous
89% illuminated
Moonrise
3:06 AM
Moonset
1:15 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Fort Walton Beach, FL
Microseason
Jun 1–5

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Fort Walton Beach at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 84°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: February 18 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 3, 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 — Fort Walton Beach

SPC has placed Fort Walton Beach in the General Thunderstorms category for severe thunderstorms day after tomorrow.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWNONENo severe risk
  • 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 Fort Walton 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.