Temperature
79 F at 2 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 73 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 79F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 90F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 73F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Tampa International Airport, Florida
Large airport in Hillsborough County, Florida78°
88°/75°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 78°·Light breeze 4 mph E
Coming up. Tomorrow is 8 degrees cooler: a high of 80° after 88° today.
Now. Tampa International Airport is 78° and mostly clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 74°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the east at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 87° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 76° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 8, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 81°, and the coolest Sunday, near 77°. Rain is likely tomorrow (64%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:23 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 30 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
30Air quality
85%Humidity
21%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
78feels78
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
8875
36%
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
8075
64%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
7764
20mph
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7965
14mph
UV 8
Tue
Oct 20
8164
13mph
UV 8
Wed
Oct 21
8164
12mph
UV 8
Thu
Oct 22
8164
12mph
UV 8
78°
88°75°
80°75°
77°64°
79°65°
81°64°
81°64°
81°64°
As of 3:00 AM in Tampa International Airport, Florida.
Air quality
The air at Tampa International Airport
Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, St. Petersburg (FL), 13 miles off.
30Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
- Ozone30Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 42, good.
GoodModerate
- 42YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Tampa International Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Tampa International Airport, the next 42 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- TPA
- ICAO
- KTPA
- IATA
- TPA
- Field elevation
- 26 ft
- Serves
- Tampa
- Kind
- Large airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- TPA
- Wind now
- Variable at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 / 28 | 6,999 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 92° / 272° | - | - |
| 19L / 01R | 8,300 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 182° / 2° | - | - |
| 19R / 01L | 11,002 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 182° / 2° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Tampa INTL Airport (TPA), Tampa International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 74 F, the air 85% saturated; the humidity ran from 50% at 4 PM Thursday to 90% at 5 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 74F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 85%
- Humidity, range
- 50 to 90%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
4 mph from the east northeast at 2 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 7 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 4mph
- from the east northeast
- Strongest
- 8mph
- 7 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.05 inHg at 2 AM, steady over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
- Now
- 30.05inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.00inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 3,000 ft at 11 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 16 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 3,000ft
- 11 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 16
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Tampa INTL Airport: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Tampa International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/1.0 mi away/10 ft/16 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Carrollwood 1NECWOF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.7 mi away/43 ft/17 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Tampa 2.0 SWFL-HB-138
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/33 ft/7 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
St Petersburg 6WNWSZPF1
At a cooperative observer's station/17.2 mi away/23 ft/3 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at St Petersburg 6WNW (SZPF1), 17.2 miles from here, read 12 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in Florida
25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Tampa International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Egypt Lake-Letocommunity, 3 mi
- Town 'n' Countrycommunity, 4 mi
- Tampacity, 5 mi
- Carrollwoodcommunity, 6 mi
- Citrus Parkcommunity, 7 mi
- Westchasecommunity, 7 mi
- Lake Magdalenecommunity, 8 mi
- Northdalecommunity, 9 mi
- Universitycommunity, 9 mi
- Feather Soundcommunity, 10 mi
- East Lake-Orient Parkcommunity, 10 mi
- Safety Harborcity, 10 mi
Airports near Tampa International Airport
- Peter O Knight AirportTPF, 7 mi
- MacDill Air Force BaseMCF, 9 mi
- St. Petersburg Clearwater International AirportPIE, 10 mi
- Tampa Executive AirportVDF, 12 mi
- Clearwater Air ParkCLW, 14 mi
- Albert Whitted AirportSPG, 16 mi
- Plant City Municipal AirportPCM, 23 mi
- Zephyrhills Municipal AirportZPH, 29 mi