All-time weather records — Tampa, FL

Record high
100.0°F
July 27, 2025
Record low
18.0°F
December 13, 1962
Wettest day
11.45 in
May 8, 1979

Climate change signal in Tampa

29%

of Tampa's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (106 of 366 records since 2015).

0.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (3 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 #
1930s
1
3
1940s
47
33
1950s
36
79
1960s
29
91
1970s
36
64
1980s
24
51
1990s
59
22
2000s
16
14
2010s
54
7
2020s
64
2

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 1939, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1939-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 86.0°F — Jan 1, 1991 21.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.40 in — Jan 1, 1996
February 89.1°F — Feb 20, 2018 24.1°F — Feb 4, 1958 8.29 in — Feb 3, 2006
March 91.0°F — Mar 16, 1945 28.9°F — Mar 3, 1980 4.33 in — Mar 21, 1957
April 96.1°F — Apr 29, 2017 39.9°F — Apr 5, 1987 5.44 in — Apr 26, 1997
May 98.1°F — May 17, 2017 48.9°F — May 5, 1971 11.45 in — May 8, 1979
June 99.0°F — Jun 5, 1985 53.1°F — Jun 1, 1984 9.88 in — Jun 23, 1945
July 100.0°F — Jul 27, 2025 63.0°F — Jul 1, 1970 9.07 in — Jul 29, 1960
August 98.1°F — Aug 1, 2020 66.9°F — Aug 22, 1973 4.92 in — Aug 12, 1949
September 96.1°F — Sep 1, 1963 57.0°F — Sep 19, 1981 7.59 in — Sep 26, 1997
October 95.0°F — Oct 8, 2020 39.9°F — Oct 21, 1964 11.43 in — Oct 9, 2024
November 91.9°F — Nov 4, 2015 23.0°F — Nov 25, 1970 3.99 in — Nov 11, 2020
December 86.0°F — Dec 1, 1991 18.0°F — Dec 13, 1962 4.32 in — Dec 27, 1997

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Tampa.