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TAMPA · OCTOBER · 27.9° N The number that decides an October trip to Tampa is 2.34 inches of rain. September, four weeks earlier, takes 6.09. The 1991-2020 normals also put October’s average high at 85.6°F and its low at 69.2°F, while the Gulf surface offshore still averages 79.7°F. A Tampa week this month is … Read more
TAMPA · SEPTEMBER · NOAA STATION USW00012842 Whether Tampa will be warm in September is not the question. The NOAA gauge at Tampa International averages a 90.2°F high and a 75.3°F low for the month, and the Gulf off the coast runs 87.2°F. The real decision sits around two other figures: 6.09 inches of rain, … Read more
TAMPA · JULY · 27.9° N One number decides most of a July trip to Tampa: the sea surface off the bay averages 89.9°F. The air normals sit at 91.0°F by day and 76.6°F before dawn, and measurable rain falls on 11.2 days out of 31. Nothing about this month is subtle, and nothing about … Read more
TAMPA · JUNE · 1991-2020 NORMALS June in Tampa averages a high of 90.5°F and a low of 75.4°F, with 7.37 inches of rain spread across the month. Offshore, the Gulf surface runs 86.6°F, and the sun is up for 13 hours 57 minutes on the 15th. Nothing about the swimming is in question in … Read more
TAMPA · FLORIDA · MAY The normal high in Tampa in May is 88.3°F and the normal low 70.6°F. Rain totals 2.60 inches for the month, against 7.37 inches in June. The Gulf surface reads 82.9°F, and the Atlantic hurricane season does not open until June 1. Daylight on May 15 runs 13 hours 35 … Read more
TAMPA · APRIL · 27.9° N Tampa’s April afternoons settle at 83.0°F and the nights fall to 64.8°F, on NOAA’s 1991-2020 normals for the airport station. Rain adds up to 2.55 inches across the whole month. The Atlantic hurricane season does not open until June 1 and peaks on September 10, so the storm question … Read more
