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    How windy is Tampa?

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    • Today61°F / 55°FClear skies
    • Tomorrow70°F / 51°FClear skies
    • Monday74°F / 56°FClear skies
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    Live from OpenWeatherMap. Alerts from the National Weather Service.

    Across a typical year, the wind in Tampa averages about 6.8 mph.

    March is the windiest month, at about 7.8 mph, and August the calmest, at about 5.6 mph. There’s no wind at all about 12% of the time. That makes it the joint 25th least windy of the 124 US cities we track.

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    The strongest average wind in the forecast for the next 48 hours is about 9 mph.

    Tampa averages about 6.8 mph of wind, and March tops out at about 7.8, so the bay breeze never really shows off.

    Live 48-hour forecast from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Alerts from the National Weather Service.

    The wind at a glance

    Average wind speed, all year6.8 mph
    Windiest monthMarch, 7.8 mph
    Calmest monthAugust, 5.6 mph
    Hours with no wind at all12%

    Average wind speeds across every hour of a typical year, not gusts.

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    Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00012842. Average wind speed, not gusts.