Tampa, FL climate: monthly averages and frost dates
Tampa, FL has warm winters and hot summers by this site's scale, with wet annual precipitation. The figures are the 1991–2020 climate normals for NOAA station USW00012842 (TAMPA INTL AP), 4 mi (6 km) in a straight line from the city's center point (US Census).
- Warmest month high
- 91.2°F
- August
- Coldest month mean
- 62.0°F
- January
- Precipitation
- 49.5 in
- per year
- Snowfall
- 0.0 in
- per year
- 32°F nights
- 0.8
- per year
Monthly averages in Tampa
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Mean °F | Precip. in | Snow in | Days ≥0.01 in | Days ≥90°F | Nights ≤32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71.3 | 52.8 | 62.0 | 2.65 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| February | 74.0 | 55.5 | 64.7 | 2.62 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| March | 77.8 | 59.3 | 68.6 | 2.52 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 83.0 | 64.8 | 73.9 | 2.55 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 88.3 | 70.6 | 79.5 | 2.60 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 9.6 | 0.0 |
| June | 90.5 | 75.4 | 82.9 | 7.37 | 0.0 | 13.3 | 18.2 | 0.0 |
| July | 91.0 | 76.6 | 83.8 | 7.75 | 0.0 | 16.6 | 20.6 | 0.0 |
| August | 91.2 | 76.8 | 84.0 | 9.03 | 0.0 | 16.2 | 22.4 | 0.0 |
| September | 90.2 | 75.3 | 82.7 | 6.09 | 0.0 | 12.8 | 17.9 | 0.0 |
| October | 85.6 | 69.2 | 77.4 | 2.34 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 4.4 | 0.0 |
| November | 78.9 | 60.7 | 69.8 | 1.40 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 73.9 | 55.9 | 64.9 | 2.56 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Year | 83.0 | 66.1 | 74.5 | 49.48 | 0.0 | 108.2 | 94.3 | 0.8 |
How cold is winter in Tampa?
Winters in Tampa are warm by this site's scale (coldest-month mean 60°F or more). The coldest month is January, with a mean temperature of 62.0°F (16.7°C), a normal daily high of 71.3°F (21.8°C) and a normal daily low of 52.8°F (11.6°C).
The station averages 0.8 nights a year at or below 32°F.
How hot is summer in Tampa?
Summers in Tampa are hot by this site's scale (hottest-month high 90 to under 100°F). August has the highest normal daily high, 91.2°F (32.9°C), with nights averaging 76.8°F (24.9°C).
The high reaches 90°F or more on 94.3 days in a normal year.
The normal daily high itself is 90°F or above in June to September.
What is the wettest month in Tampa?
Tampa gets 49.48 in (1257 mm) of precipitation in a normal year, which this site classes as wet (40 to under 60 in a year). The wettest month is August with 9.03 in (229 mm); the driest is November with 1.40 in (36 mm).
Measurable precipitation (0.01 in or more) falls on 108.2 days a year.
Does it snow in Tampa?
Snow is rare in Tampa: the normal annual snowfall is 0.0 in (0 cm).
Which months are mild in Tampa?
6 months in Tampa meet this site's comfort thresholds (normal high 65–85°F, low 45°F or higher, fewer than 10 days with 0.10 in or more of precipitation): November to April.
October misses by one threshold only (normal high 85.6°F, above the 85°F limit).
Thresholds and their limits: methodology.
Frost dates and growing season in Tampa
In most years no night at this station gets down to 32°F, so NOAA's median freeze-free season in Tampa is the full year. A few years do have such nights: over 1991–2020 they average 0.8 a year.
NOAA still publishes 32°F dates from the years that do freeze, but the median spring date (January 20) and the median autumn date (January 12) cross, so they do not describe a frost season and this page does not show them as one.
The month with the highest chance of at least one 32°F night is January, at 23%.
| Threshold | Median last date (spring) | Median first date (autumn or winter) | Median season, days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36°F | January 29 | January 8 | 344 |
| 32°F | No such night in most years, though a few years have one; no typical season to show | ||
| 28°F | No such night in a typical year (NOAA publishes no dates) | ||
| 24°F | No such night in a typical year (NOAA publishes no dates) | ||
| 20°F | No such night in a typical year (NOAA publishes no dates) | ||
| 16°F | No such night in a typical year (NOAA publishes no dates) | ||
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23% | 9% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 8% |
Nearby and similar places
Of the places on this site, the closest to Tampa by station distance are Jacksonville, FL at 181 mi (292 km), Miami, FL at 203 mi (327 km) and Atlanta, GA at 408 mi (656 km).
Among places whose winter, summer and precipitation words are each within one band of Tampa's (winter: warm, summer: hot, precipitation: wet), the closest monthly temperature and precipitation patterns are Jacksonville, FL, New Orleans, LA and Houston, TX.
Compared with Jacksonville, FL, Tampa's peak-month normal high is 0.7°F (0.4°C) lower, its coldest-month mean is 7.8°F (4.3°C) higher, and its annual precipitation is 3.92 in less.
| Place | Listed as | Station distance | Coldest mean °F | Warmest high °F | Precip. in/yr | Snow in/yr | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa, FL | this page | – | 62.0 | 91.2 | 49.5 | 0.0 | rare freeze |
| Jacksonville, FL | nearby, similar | 181 mi (292 km) | 54.2 | 91.9 | 53.4 | 0.0 | February 25 |
| Miami, FL | nearby | 203 mi (327 km) | 68.6 | 90.7 | 67.4 | 0.0 | no freeze |
| Atlanta, GA | nearby | 408 mi (656 km) | 44.8 | 90.1 | 50.4 | 2.2 | March 15 |
| New Orleans, LA | similar | 487 mi (783 km) | 54.3 | 91.4 | 63.4 | 0.0 | January 30 |
| Houston, TX | similar | 787 mi (1,266 km) | 53.8 | 94.9 | 51.8 | 0.1 | February 13 |
How nearby and similar places are chosen: methodology.
Source and station
The data for Tampa come from NOAA station TAMPA INTL AP, FL US (USW00012842) at 27.9619, -82.5403, elevation 19 ft (6 m). It lies 4 mi (6 km) in a straight line from the center point of Tampa city, the “internal point” in the US Census 2024 Gazetteer.
Each monthly normal used here rests on at least 28 years of data from 1991–2020 (NOAA's per-field year counts).
NOAA completeness flags on the monthly fields used here:
- S: Standard: meets WMO standards for data availability for 24 or more years.
Cite the data as:
Palecki, Michael; Durre, Imke; Applequist, Scott; Arguez, Anthony; Lawrimore, Jay (2021). U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020). Station USW00012842 (TAMPA INTL AP, FL US). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/wck8-er13. Accessed 2026-10-09.
Palecki, Michael; Durre, Imke; Applequist, Scott; Arguez, Anthony; Lawrimore, Jay (2021). U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Annual/Seasonal Climate Normals (1991-2020). Station USW00012842 (TAMPA INTL AP, FL US). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/4ek7-fk11. Accessed 2026-10-09.
Files used: monthly normals CSV, annual/seasonal normals CSV (retrieved 2026-10-09). The values on this page as JSON: /us/fl/tampa/data.json.