Best time to visit Dry Tortugas National Park
January, February and November are the best balance at Dry Tortugas: mild and dry for the park (average highs 74° to 79°F), with busy crowds. May is busiest, with about 9,300 visitors. October is the quietest.
- Quiet
- Moderate
- Busy
- Very busy
- Few or no visits (may be closed)
- Best months
Month by month
- Station
- Dry Tortugas, FL USC00082418
- Lat / lon
- 24.63, -82.87
- Elevation
- 3 ft
- From park center
- 1.2 mi
- Normals
- 1991–2020
- Visits
- 2023–2025
| Field | Janbest | Febbest | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Novbest | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High, °F | 74° | 76° | 79° | 83° | 86° | 89° | 91° | 91° | 89° | 85° | 79° | 76° | 83° |
| Low, °F | 65° | 66° | 68° | 71° | 75° | 77° | 78° | 79° | 78° | 76° | 71° | 67° | 72° |
| Precipitation, in | 2.4 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 7.2 | 4.7 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 37.6 |
| Snow, in | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Daylight, h:mm | 10:46 | 11:18 | 11:57 | 12:42 | 13:19 | 13:39 | 13:32 | 13:00 | 12:16 | 11:32 | 10:55 | 10:37 | |
| Visitors, thousands | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 86 |
| Crowds | Busy | Busy | Very busy | Very busy | Very busy | Very busy | Very busy | Busy | Busy | Moderate | Busy | Busy | |
| Weather | Mild | Mild | Mild | Hot | Hot | Hot | Very hot | Very hot | Hot | Hot | Mild | Mild, wet |
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip., in | Snow, in | Daylight | Visitors | Crowds | Weather |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Januarybest | 74° | 65° | 2.4 | – | 10:46 | 6,900 | Busy | Mild |
| Februarybest | 76° | 66° | 1.7 | – | 11:18 | 7,100 | Busy | Mild |
| March | 79° | 68° | 2.1 | – | 11:57 | 7,900 | Very busy | Mild |
| April | 83° | 71° | 2.6 | – | 12:42 | 8,000 | Very busy | Hot |
| May | 86° | 75° | 2.0 | – | 13:19 | 9,300 | Very busy | Hot |
| June | 89° | 77° | 4.3 | – | 13:39 | 8,300 | Very busy | Hot |
| July | 91° | 78° | 2.2 | – | 13:32 | 7,800 | Very busy | Very hot |
| August | 91° | 79° | 4.3 | – | 13:00 | 6,400 | Busy | Very hot |
| September | 89° | 78° | 7.2 | – | 12:16 | 5,800 | Busy | Hot |
| October | 85° | 76° | 4.7 | – | 11:32 | 4,800 | Moderate | Hot |
| Novemberbest | 79° | 71° | 1.9 | – | 10:55 | 6,600 | Busy | Mild |
| December | 76° | 67° | 2.4 | – | 10:37 | 7,300 | Busy | Mild, wet |
| Year | 83° | 72° | 37.6 | – | 86,000 | |||
Year: average high and low, total precipitation and snowfall, total visitors. T = trace (under 0.05 in). – = not measured at this station. Updated .
- Hottest August, average high 91°F
- Coldest nights January, average low 65°F
- Source NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information; National Park Service
- Visitors a year about 86,000 (2023–2025 average)
- State Florida
Closures, reservations and alerts: Dry Tortugas National Park on nps.gov
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