DRIESTSINCE
Florida · precipitation record 1890–2026

Tampa, FL

2026
NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION
20.56in
year to date · normal 26.71"
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rain ahead · next 3 days
1.32" of rain forecast
the 3-day record here is 14.57"
1.32in

Accumulation

TODAY
0.0in
no rain yet of 136 yrs
0% of normal
MONTH TO DATE
7.5in
51st wettest of 137 yrs
114% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
14.09in
53rd driest of 137 yrs
89% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
20.56in
32nd driest of 136 yrs
77% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

11.45in
on May 8, 1979 · in 137 years

Dry Streak

2days
current run under 0.01" · longest ever 52 days (to Nov 29, 1942)

Wet Streak

0days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 26 days

Year to Date vs Normal

77%
20.56" of a normal 26.71" · wettest 48.1" (1959) · driest 13.77" (1918)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 135-year record (1891–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 48.72" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1202480.29in
2195976.57in
3195770.43in
4199767.71in
5191267.19in

Driest Years on Record

1195628.89in
2200029.85in
3197731.47in
4190832.25in
5198432.31in

Rainfall by Month

The seasonal rhythm — each month's normal precipitation, with this year's totals in blue. Where the blue bar clears the band, the month ran wetter than usual.
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Normal (median)This year
Normally wettest in Aug (~7.89") and driest in Nov (~1.16"). Wettest calendar month ever: Jul 1960, 20.59".

This Day in History · Rainfall

Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at Tampa — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.

Wettest Jul 28 ever

4.89in
set in 1960

Rain on Jul 28

59%
of 136 years had measurable rain
1890: 0.16″1891: 0.00″1892: 0.56″1893: 0.03″1894: 0.04″1895: 0.00″1896: 0.80″1897: 0.00″1898: 0.02″1899: 0.00″1900: 0.35″1901: 0.00″1902: 0.00″1903: 0.15″1904: 0.31″1905: 0.06″1906: 0.07″1907: 0.31″1908: 0.23″1909: 0.04″1910: 0.01″1911: 0.00″1912: 0.00″1913: 0.00″1914: 0.76″1915: 0.01″1916: 0.12″1917: 0.00″1918: 0.00″1919: 1.09″1920: 0.01″1921: 0.00″1922: 0.04″1923: 0.01″1924: 1.06″1925: 0.00″1926: 0.21″1927: 0.09″1928: 0.00″1929: 0.11″1930: 0.00″1931: 0.00″1932: 0.00″1933: 0.00″1934: 0.26″1935: 0.00″1936: 0.00″1937: 2.42″1938: 0.34″1939: 0.00″1940: 0.20″1941: 0.20″1942: 0.00″1943: 0.00″1944: 0.00″1945: 0.16″1946: 2.07″1947: 0.00″1948: 0.00″1949: 0.00″1950: 0.00″1951: 0.02″1952: 0.27″1953: 0.00″1954: 0.75″1955: 0.06″1956: 0.08″1957: 0.00″1958: 0.00″1959: 0.16″1960: 4.89″1961: 0.14″1962: 0.00″1963: 0.20″1964: 0.49″1965: 0.64″1966: 0.00″1967: 0.00″1968: 1.00″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.82″1972: 0.00″1973: 0.00″1974: 0.82″1975: 0.43″1976: 0.00″1977: 0.01″1978: 0.00″1979: 0.00″1980: 0.04″1981: 0.01″1982: 0.13″1983: 0.06″1984: 0.00″1985: 0.00″1986: 0.70″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.10″1989: 0.03″1990: 0.04″1991: 0.00″1992: 0.00″1993: 0.13″1994: 0.10″1995: 0.03″1996: 0.00″1997: 0.20″1998: 0.00″1999: 0.00″2000: 0.43″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.23″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.75″2005: 0.02″2006: 0.37″2007: 1.13″2008: 0.15″2009: 0.30″2010: 0.17″2011: 0.35″2012: 0.00″2013: 0.41″2014: 0.05″2015: 0.74″2016: 0.07″2017: 0.00″2018: 0.36″2019: 0.00″2020: 0.01″2021: 0.09″2022: 0.00″2023: 0.06″2024: 0.26″2025: 0.00″0″1″2″3″4″5″18901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

Tampa's cumulative rainfall so far this year against its own record — the normal accumulation, and the wettest & driest years to date. The bright line is the running total; where it rides the band tells the story at a glance.
Tampa, FL — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

Tampa's entire daily record as one heatmap — each row a year, each cell a day, shaded by that day's rainfall. Dry spells read as dark blocks, wet seasons as brighter bands; the whole climate at a glance.
Tampa, FL — daily rainfall every day on record
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Drought History

Every week of the U.S. Drought Monitor for Tampa's county since 2000, coloured by intensity — dry spells and multi-year droughts read as warm bands.
Tampa, FL — county drought history since 2000
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise4:50 AM
Sunset6:23 PM
Solar noon11:36 AM
Daylight13h 32m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

27.96°N, 82.54°W

Nearby Stations

Lakeland, FL30 mi EBrooksville, FL35 mi NSarasota-Bradenton, FL38 mi SWinter Haven, FL48 mi ELeesburg, FL74 mi NEPunta Gorda, FL79 mi SE

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