All-time weather records — St. Petersburg, FL

Record high
100.0°F
July 5, 1995
Record low
21.9°F
December 13, 1962
Wettest day
15.45 in
August 2, 1915

Climate change signal in St. Petersburg

0.3%

of St. Petersburg's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (1 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1890s
23
24
1910s
10
38
1920s
27
64
1930s
52
33
1940s
69
28
1950s
29
68
1960s
25
23
1970s
27
26
1980s
34
29
1990s
17
19
2000s
21
9
2010s
32
5

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1892, the latest in 2015. Period of observation: 1892-2015.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 88.0°F — Jan 25, 1984 27.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 4.07 in — Jan 1, 1996
February 90.0°F — Feb 22, 1975 28.0°F — Feb 3, 1917 4.61 in — Feb 10, 1937
March 89.1°F — Mar 16, 1945 30.0°F — Mar 4, 1943 3.94 in — Mar 19, 1998
April 93.0°F — Apr 24, 1999 45.0°F — Apr 2, 2004 5.08 in — Apr 26, 1997
May 96.1°F — May 25, 1956 54.0°F — May 4, 1921 7.65 in — May 8, 1979
June 99.0°F — Jun 5, 1985 61.0°F — Jun 7, 1972 9.14 in — Jun 26, 1974
July 100.0°F — Jul 5, 1995 63.0°F — Jul 25, 1942 6.72 in — Jul 29, 1960
August 99.0°F — Aug 23, 1986 64.0°F — Aug 16, 2004 15.45 in — Aug 2, 1915
September 100.0°F — Sep 6, 1985 61.0°F — Sep 19, 1981 9.61 in — Sep 5, 1933
October 96.1°F — Oct 5, 1954 46.0°F — Oct 29, 1892 7.31 in — Oct 19, 1944
November 91.9°F — Nov 9, 1942 35.1°F — Nov 16, 1940 4.83 in — Nov 15, 1916
December 91.0°F — Dec 5, 1942 21.9°F — Dec 13, 1962 4.24 in — Dec 27, 1997

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