🌴 Miami Weather

The continental U.S.'s only tropical metropolis

Miami is the only major city in the continental United States with a true tropical climate. There's no winter here — just a warm, dry season and a hot, wet one. Temperatures barely change across the year, hovering between highs in the upper 70s°F (around 25°C) in January and the low 90s°F (around 33°C) in July, with the Atlantic and Biscayne Bay keeping things humid year-round.

The wet season and daily storms

From May through October, Miami runs on a near-daily rhythm: hot, humid mornings give way to towering afternoon thunderstorms as the sea breeze collides over the peninsula, dumping brief, intense rain before clearing. This wet season delivers the bulk of the city's hefty 62 inches (1,570 mm) of annual rainfall.

Hurricane season

Miami's defining weather threat is the hurricane. From June through November — peaking in September — the city watches the tropics closely. Hurricane Andrew in 1992 remains the benchmark for catastrophic damage, and the metro's low elevation makes storm surge and flooding the gravest dangers. Hurricane preparedness is simply part of life here.

The dry season, November through April, is Miami's finest: warm, sunny, less humid, and storm-free — the reason winter is peak tourist season. UV levels stay high all year under the strong subtropical sun.

Tropical wet-and-dry on the hurricane coast

Miami is one of the only true tropical climates in the continental US, with no real winter — just a warm, dry season from November to April and a hot, intensely humid wet season from May to October when afternoon thunderstorms arrive almost daily.

Hurricane season is the defining threat: South Florida's exposed position and dense low-lying coastline make it acutely vulnerable to wind and storm surge, and rising seas already bring 'sunny-day' flooding to Miami Beach at high tide. The Atlantic keeps temperatures remarkably steady, rarely straying far from the 80s°F (27-32°C).