Climate & Weather in Delray Beach
Delray Beach has a tropical climate with hot, humid summers and warm, dry winters -- comfortable for beach and outdoor living most of the year, but squarely inside Atlantic hurricane season for six months of it.
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Learn moreTemperature and Rainfall
Average highs run around 90°F in summer, with average lows around 60°F in winter, per BestPlaces climate data. Delray Beach receives about 61 inches of rain annually on average, with the rainy season running roughly May through October and concentrating most of the year's precipitation in that window.
Hurricane Season Is Six Months Long
Atlantic hurricane season runs June 1 through November 30 -- fully half the calendar year. Delray Beach's coastal position and proximity to both the Atlantic Ocean and Lake Okeechobee leave it exposed to tropical storms and hurricanes during that window, consistent with the base record's hurricane-risk tag.
A Genuine Year-Round Outdoor Climate, With a Real Cost Attached
The warm winters and long beach season are core to Delray Beach's appeal -- reflected in the city's walkable Atlantic Avenue corridor and active festival calendar -- but that same coastal exposure is the direct driver of the elevated homeowners and flood insurance costs covered on the insurance-hazard-costs page. The lifestyle and the cost are two sides of the same geography.
Key takeaways
- Average summer highs run around 90°F and average winter lows around 60°F, with about 61 inches of annual rainfall concentrated in the May-October rainy season.
- Atlantic hurricane season (June 1-November 30) covers half the calendar year, and Delray Beach's coastal position leaves it exposed to both hurricanes and general tropical-storm activity.
- The same coastal, tropical climate that supports Delray's walkable, beach-oriented lifestyle is the direct driver of the elevated insurance costs covered on the insurance-hazard-costs page.
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