Cloudy skies · Florida
How cloudy is Tampa?
In a typical year, the sky over Tampa is mostly cloudy or overcast about 39% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 36%.
July is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 45% of the time, and May the least cloudy, at about 31%. Across winter, December to February, it’s mostly cloudy about 42% of the time. That makes it the 49th least cloudy sky of the 116 US cities we track.
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The forecast for the next 48 hours has the sky mostly cloudy about 6% of the time.
Tampa’s cloudiest month is July, at about 45% mostly cloudy, which is when the afternoon clouds stack up over the bay like clockwork.
Live 48-hour forecast from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Alerts from the National Weather Service.
The sky at a glance
| Mostly cloudy or overcast, all year | 39% |
|---|---|
| Clear or nearly clear, all year | 36% |
| Mostly cloudy, December to February | 42% |
| Cloudiest month | July, 45% |
| Least cloudy month | May, 31% |
Shares of hours across a typical year. Mostly cloudy means at least five eighths of the sky covered; clear or nearly clear means two eighths or less.
Cities with about the same sky
- Chattanooga, Tennessee: mostly cloudy about 39% of the time
- Medford, Oregon: mostly cloudy about 39% of the time
- San Diego, California: mostly cloudy about 40% of the time
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00012842. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.