Does it snow on Amelia Island?
Key facts
No. Amelia Island averages a 45.4°F low and a 64.3°F high in January, its coldest month. A few nights a winter get near freezing and frost does occur, but measurable snow is not part of the climate record for this stretch of northeast Florida coast.
Amelia Island sits at the top of Florida on the Georgia border, so its winters are genuinely cooler than the peninsula's — but not cold enough for snow in any normal year.
The winter numbers
| Month | Average high | Average low |
|---|---|---|
| December | 66.3°F | 49.4°F |
| January | 64.3°F | 45.4°F |
| February | 66.6°F | 48.6°F |
Those are means. Individual nights go lower — a hard cold front pushing down the peninsula can put the island near or just below freezing, and light frost on a car windscreen is a normal winter sight. What does not normally happen is accumulation.
Why the island stays milder than inland
The Atlantic on one side and the marsh on the other moderate both extremes. The Jacksonville International Airport station, 28 km inland, runs several degrees colder on winter nights than the station on the island — which is exactly why we use the island's own station for every figure on this site.
What winter actually looks like here
Clear, bright, dry and quiet. December and November are two of the three driest months of the year. The sea is 57.9°F in January, so this is a walking, shelling and whale-watching beach rather than a swimming one — right whales calve off this coast from roughly mid-November to mid-April. Bring a real jacket for the evening and expect the island to feel like a small town rather than a resort.
Where to go next
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What backs this answer: NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 climate normals, station USC00082944 (Fernandina Beach, FL); ocean temperatures from NOAA CO-OPS station 8720218. See src/data/climate.json.
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Frequently asked questions
- Does it snow on Amelia Island?
- No. Amelia Island averages a 45.4°F low and a 64.3°F high in January, its coldest month. A few nights a winter get near freezing and frost does occur, but measurable snow is not part of the climate record for this stretch of northeast Florida coast.