Freeport features a tropical climate with mild winters. Seldom do temperatures drop below 60 °F (16 °C). Average temperatures range in the low to upper 80s, with water temperature varying between 72° and 78°F. The winters are usually cool (mid 60s to 70s) and dry (with the exception of some rainfall due to Cold Fronts), while the summers are usually hot and wet. While a freeze has never been reported in the Bahamas, snow was reported to have mixed with rain in Freeport in January 1977, the same time that it snowed in the Miami area. The temperature was about 4.5 °C (40.1 °F) at the time
