Weather by month
Tampa
Florida
Tampa gets a real winter — cool, dry, and short — before handing the rest of the year over to a summer built on colliding sea breezes.
The best time to come
March and April are the payoff: warm, dry, and ahead of the storm season. November is the quiet one, the driest stretch of the Tampa year, with the Gulf still holding its summer heat.
The year at a glance
| Month | Highs / lows | Temperature range | Wet days | Water |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71° / 53° | 4 | 64° | |
| February | 74° / 56° | 4 | 67° | |
| March ● | 78° / 59° | 3 | 73° | |
| April ● | 83° / 65° | 3 | 78° | |
| May | 88° / 71° | 4 | 84° | |
| June | 91° / 75° | 10 | 87° | |
| July | 91° / 77° | 11 | 89° | |
| August | 91° / 77° | 11 | 89° | |
| September | 90° / 75° | 8 | 86° | |
| October | 86° / 69° | 4 | 80° | |
| November ● | 79° / 61° | 2 | 73° | |
| December | 74° / 56° | 4 | 68° |
Tampa facts
- Sits at about 20 ft above sea level.
- 49.5 in of rain in a typical year, with August the wettest month.
- August runs hottest (91° afternoons); January nights are the coldest (53°).