Climate and Storm History of Satellite Beach, Florida

Due to its location proximate to the geographical and climate zones which are immediately north and south of the tropical zones, the climate in Satellite Beach, Florida is classified as subtropical.  Characteristics of this climate are winters that are relatively warm and mild, with a summer season which is moderately hot and humid.  Subtropical weather also provides an ideal environment for plants such as palm, citrus and many broadleaf evergreens to thrive, and Satellite Beach rarely experiences frost or snow.

Satellite Beach has had its share of heavy weather, though the most noteworthy storm of recent history was actually a tropical storm.  Fay struck the area on August 20, 2008, and was the sixth named storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season.  Forming from a dynamic tropical wave on August 15 over the Dominican Republic in the Eastern Caribbean, Fay then passed through the Eastern Caribbean before making landfall on the Florida Keys late in the afternoon of August 18.  The storm then turned into the Gulf of Mexico and once again made landfall - this time near Naples, Florida, in the early hours of August 19.

Tropical Storm Fay emerging into the Atlantic Ocean near Melbourne, Florida, southwest of Satellite Beach, on August 20.  Because Fay was such a slow moving storm, severe flooding took place throughout several regions in Florida.  In all, Tropical Storm Fay dropped 20.03 inches of rain on the Space Coast area.