Tampa, FL: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 81.7°F in Tampa, FL, the warmest May since 2025, tied 3rd warmest of 137 (with 1995).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 81.7°F; Warmest since 2025; 3rd warmest of 137
Precipitation: 4.31 in; Wettest since 2019; 29th wettest of 137

A normal May in Tampa, FL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 79°F, between 77.2°F and 81°F in eight years of ten and 1.69 in of precipitation, between 0.10 in and 6.97 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Tampa, FL since 1890: 81.7°F in 2026; the highest is 83°F, in 2024.

Normal range, 77.2 to 81°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Tampa, FL from 1890 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank
2026	81.7	3	89.8	9	73.6	3	4.31	29
2025	82.6	2	90.1	5	75.1	1	4.18	32
2024	83	1	91.1	3	74.9	2	1.07	107
2023	79.6	20	88.2	31	71	17	4.11	35
2022	81.6	5	89.7	12	73.4	4	2.71	59
2021	81.1	9	89.7	12	72.5	10	0.16	132
2020	78.9	30	87.3	50	70.4	27	0.75	111
2019	81.6	5	89.9	8	73.3	6	4.78	25
2018	79	29	86.9	62	71	17	7.73	6
2017	81	10	89.8	9	72.2	11	1.48	96
2016	78.8	33	86.7	72	70.9	22	3.76	42
2015	80.5	13	89.5	15	71.5	13	6.74	12
2014	78	52	86.6	75	69.3	43	8.54	4
2013	77.6	63	86	92	69.2	44	1.85	78
2012	80.7	12	88.9	22	72.6	8	2.60	61
2011	79.2	25	88.1	33	70.3	30	0.70	116
2010	80.9	11	88.5	27	73.4	4	1.84	79
2009	78.7	36	87.2	55	70.2	31	9.11	3
2008	79.7	18	88.3	30	71.2	14	0.73	112
2007	78	52	87.5	44	68.4	58	0.35	126
2006	77.3	68	86	92	68.5	54	1.43	99
2005	76.6	90	84.9	113	68.3	62	3.61	43
2004	78.9	30	87.9	36	69.9	34	1.44	98
2003	80	16	87.3	50	72.7	7	2.50	62
2002	79.9	17	89	20	70.7	24	1.07	107
2001	77.4	65	87.1	58	67.7	79	trace	137
2000	80.3	15	89.5	15	71	17	0.02	136
1999	77.8	56	86.8	67	68.7	49	1.52	92
1998	79.1	28	87.2	55	71.1	15	1.96	74
1997	77.7	59	85.6	101	69.8	36	1.70	87
1996	79.3	24	87.4	47	71.1	15	1.45	97
1995	81.7	3	91.5	2	72	12	1.67	90
1994	78.2	46	88.1	33	68.3	62	0.07	135
1993	76	107	86	92	66.1	116	1.74	85
1992	74.2	136	85	110	63.5	137	0.10	134
1991	81.2	8	89.8	9	72.6	8	6.88	10
1990	80.5	13	90	6	71	17	1.76	83
1989	78.4	44	89.7	12	67.1	98	0.24	129
1988	75.2	126	85.9	98	64.6	134	1.27	102
1987	77.8	56	87.6	42	67.9	73	2.86	56
1986	77.4	65	87.9	36	66.9	102	2.46	63
1985	79.7	18	90	6	69.5	39	0.22	130
1984	78	52	87.1	58	68.9	47	3.19	51
1983	76.8	84	85.7	100	67.9	73	4.10	37
1982	74.4	134	84.1	123	64.7	131	5.90	17
1981	75.4	122	86	92	64.7	131	1.68	89
1980	77.2	73	85.4	106	68.9	47	3.94	40
1979	75.9	110	83.7	129	68.1	67	17.64	1
1978	78.6	38	87.3	50	70	33	5.00	23
1977	76.5	95	86.8	67	66.2	110	0.73	112
1976	76	107	84.5	119	67.6	81	8.13	5
1975	81.5	7	92	1	71	17	2.07	71
1974	78.1	48	88	35	68.3	62	1.11	106
1973	76.8	84	86.8	67	66.8	103	0.17	131
1972	76.6	90	86.1	87	67.1	98	1.88	77
1971	75.8	114	86.8	67	64.7	131	4.09	38
1970	76.1	105	86.8	67	65.5	126	4.12	34
1969	76.2	102	85.9	98	66.4	107	6.23	15
1968	75.7	116	86.1	87	65.3	127	2.08	70
1967	77.3	68	88.4	29	66.1	116	0.63	119
1966	78.5	41	87.5	44	69.5	39	0.71	115
1965	76.3	101	88.7	23	63.9	136	0.67	118
1964	76.6	90	87.5	44	65.8	120	3.58	45
1963	76.4	98	86.5	80	66.4	107	1.56	91
1962	77.9	55	89.2	19	66.6	106	2.76	57
1961	76.7	87	86.2	84	67.2	92	2.14	69
1960	75.6	118	85	110	66.2	110	1.07	107
1959	78.6	38	88.2	31	69	45	7.55	7
1958	76.7	87	86	92	67.4	86	3.15	52
1957	77.4	65	86.3	82	68.5	54	7.21	8
1956	78.5	41	89.3	17	67.7	79	2.15	67
1955	76.8	84	87.3	50	66.2	110	0.72	114
1954	75.3	124	84.9	113	65.7	121	5.90	17
1953	79.2	25	89.3	17	69	45	0.47	122
1952	76.9	81	87.6	42	66.2	110	2.07	71
1951	77.3	68	87.4	47	67.3	89	1.83	80
1950	78.5	41	88.6	24	68.3	62	1.91	76
1949	78.8	33	90.4	4	67.3	89	1.52	92
1948	78.1	48	88.5	27	67.8	77	0.51	120
1947	77.7	59	86.7	72	68.6	52	1.19	104
1946	78.9	30	86.9	62	70.9	22	3.55	46
1945	77	80	86.6	75	67.4	86	0.42	123
1944	77.3	68	86.9	62	67.8	77	3.20	50
1943	79.2	25	87.8	38	70.5	26	2.05	73
1942	77.6	63	86.7	72	68.5	54	1.23	103
1941	76.2	102	86.1	87	66.2	110	0.16	132
1940	74.7	131	83.7	129	65.6	124	0.31	128
1939	75.9	110	85.1	108	66.8	103	6.57	14
1938	78.6	38	87.7	41	69.5	39	5.06	22
1937	77.2	73	86.1	87	68.4	58	4.98	24
1936	77.2	73	86.2	84	68.3	62	3.61	43
1935	79.5	22	89	20	69.9	34	3.51	47
1934	77.2	73	84.9	113	69.4	42	3.78	41
1933	79.6	20	88.6	24	70.7	24	1.30	100
1932	76.9	81	86.6	75	67.2	92	5.20	21
1931	75.8	114	84.5	119	67	101	3.24	49
1930	77.8	56	87.2	55	68.4	58	6.20	16
1929	78.1	48	87.4	47	68.7	49	4.27	31
1928	74.3	135	82.8	136	65.9	118	2.42	64
1927	78.8	33	87.8	38	69.7	37	0.38	124
1926	75.5	120	83.5	133	67.4	86	1.70	87
1925	75.7	116	84.1	123	67.2	92	6.58	13
1924	76	107	84.1	123	68	70	5.51	20
1923	74.9	128	82.6	137	67.2	92	5.59	19
1922	78.3	45	86.9	62	69.6	38	3.40	48
1921	74.8	129	83.4	135	66.2	110	9.41	2
1920	75.9	110	84.3	121	67.6	81	1.49	94
1919	76.9	81	85.1	108	68.6	52	4.40	28
1918	76.5	95	86.1	87	66.8	103	2.15	67
1917	74.7	131	83.7	129	65.7	121	1.19	104
1916	76.7	87	84.7	117	68.7	49	1.71	86
1915	78.7	36	87	60	70.4	27	6.87	11
1914	77.3	68	86.5	80	68	70	1.03	110
1913	75.2	126	84.7	117	65.7	121	1.49	94
1912	78.2	46	86	92	70.4	27	4.06	39
1911	75.5	120	85	110	65.9	118	3.14	53
1910	76.1	105	84.9	113	67.2	92	1.76	83
1909	76.5	95	85.4	106	67.5	84	2.73	58
1908	77.2	73	86.9	62	67.6	81	1.81	81
1907	77.7	59	87.3	50	68.1	67	2.90	55
1906	75.9	110	83.8	128	67.9	73	4.77	26
1905	79.4	23	88.6	24	70.1	32	1.77	82
1904	76.4	98	86.6	75	66.3	109	4.17	33
1903	74.8	129	84.1	123	65.6	124	1.92	75
1902	78.1	48	87.8	38	68.5	54	4.11	35
1901	75.6	118	84	127	67.2	92	4.31	29
1900	76.2	102	84.3	121	68.1	67	2.33	65
1899	77.7	59	87	60	68.4	58	0.48	121
1898	76.6	90	86.2	84	67.1	98	0.37	125
1897	74.5	133	83.7	129	65.2	129	0.33	127
1896	77.2	73	86.6	75	67.9	73	2.27	66
1895	77.1	79	86.3	82	68	70	1.29	101
1894	75.4	122	85.5	105	65.3	127	6.92	9
1893	76.6	90	85.6	101	67.5	84	2.67	60
1892	75.3	124	85.6	101	65	130	3.03	54
1891	73.8	137	83.5	133	64.1	135	0.69	117
1890	76.4	98	85.6	101	67.3	89	4.49	27

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	83
2025	82.6
2026	81.7
1995	81.7
2022	81.6
2019	81.6
1975	81.5
1991	81.2
2021	81.1
2017	81

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1891	73.8
1992	74.2
1928	74.3
1982	74.4
1897	74.5
1940	74.7
1917	74.7
1921	74.8
1903	74.8
1923	74.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	17.64
1921	9.41
2009	9.11
2014	8.54
1976	8.13
2018	7.73
1959	7.55
1957	7.21
1894	6.92
1991	6.88

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2001	trace
2000	0.02
1994	0.07
1992	0.10
2021	0.16
1941	0.16
1973	0.17
1985	0.22
1989	0.24
1940	0.31

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 94°F; 26 May 2026, 17 May 2026
Coldest night: 64°F; 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.25 in; 17 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 4.31 in of precipitation in Tampa, FL, the wettest May since 2019, tied 29th wettest of 137 (with 1901).
The hottest day of May 2026 in Tampa, FL: 94°F on Tuesday 26 May 2026 and Sunday 17 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Tampa, FL: a low of 64°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Tampa, FL: 1.25 in on Sunday 17 May 2026.