Climate Tampa International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Tampa International Airport (KTPA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	84.6	76	86	84	84	92
February	86.3	86	92	84	87	85
March	91.5	87	92	90	87	96
April	92.4		93	88	91	90
May	94.4		93	96	98	95
June	94.1		92	96	95	94
July	95.6		95	94	95	98
August	95.2		91	96	96	99
September	94.9		92	88	96	95
October	95.5		94	96	98	96
November	83.8		78	66	90	88
December	85.9		87	81	82	92
Average	90.7	83.2	90.7	89.2	91.9	93.6

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	94.3	92	92	95	96	96
February	94.2	94	98	89	95	95
March	97.6	94	98	97	99	98
April	98.0		98	96	97	98
May	98.7		97	99	100	100
June	97.9		96	98	97	98
July	98.0		98	97	97	100
August	97.7		96	97	99	99
September	97.3		97	90	98	98
October	99.0		99	99	99	99
November	93.6		90	85	96	96
December	92.9		95	90	87	97
Average	96.5	93.3	96.2	94.8	96.9	97.9

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	21.7	21	23	22	21	23
February	25.0	22	26	25	24	24
March	26.1	26	27	28	26	28
April	28.5		29	29	28	28
May	31.0		31	32	32	30
June	32.2		32	33	32	32
July	32.7		34	34	33	33
August	32.9		34	33	33	33
September	32.0		32	31	32	32
October	30.0		29	29	31	31
November	25.9		26	26	25	28
December	23.7		23	25	26	21
Average	27.9	22.9	28.8	28.9	28.4	28.6

83rd highest temperature of United States

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	12.4	12	14	13	13	11
February	15.5	13	17	16	15	13
March	17.1	18	18	19	17	19
April	19.6		21	20	19	20
May	22.2		22	23	23	21
June	24.2		25	26	25	25
July	25.8		27	27	26	26
August	25.0		25	26	25	24
September	24.4		25	22	25	25
October	22.2		21	20	23	24
November	17.4		17	19	16	19
December	15.0		15	16	18	12
Average	19.4	14.4	20.5	20.7	20.4	19.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	3.0	3	2	5	1	2
February	3.0	8	2	4	2	1
March	1.4	1	2	4	1	0
April	2.1		2	4	2	5
May	1.8		1	0	1	1
June	2.9		2	2	4	5
July	4.0		3	4	4	2
August	3.4		4	2	3	4
September	4.8		2	9	7	6
October	2.6		1	2	3	3
November	4.5		8	10	4	5
December	3.1		6	1	1	2
Average	3.1	3.9	2.8	3.7	2.7	2.9

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.3	8	7	7	7	7
February	7.5	8	8	7	8	9
March	7.8	7	8	9	8	8
April	8.1		8	8	8	8
May	7.3		7	7	8	7
June	6.7		8	6	7	6
July	6.1		6	6	6	7
August	6.0		6	6	7	6
September	6.1		6	6	5	6
October	6.7		7	6	6	7
November	6.6		7	7	7	7
December	6.5		7	6	6	7
Average	7.0	7.5	7.1	6.7	6.7	7.1

83rd highest wind speed of United States

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	315°	249°	317°	250°	063°
February	246°	225°	271°	243°	245°
March	224°	229°	206°	227°	217°
April		218°	199°	235°	232°
May		282°	246°	185°	265°
June		254°	259°	213°	230°
July		259°	213°	236°	250°
August		233°	231°	197°	209°
September		304°	357°	237°	166°
October		007°	359°	292°	058°
November		008°	004°	006°	047°
December		012°	022°	207°	348°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.