On July 27, Tampa International hit 100F for the first time ever. The heat index reached at least 113F.

Wow. I can't believe y'all have never hit triple digits before.

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On 7/29/2025 at 1:18 AM, JohnAndSancho said:

Wow. I can't believe y'all have never hit triple digits before.

The peninsula is pretty much immune to extreme temps although the humidity makes it feel that hot most of the time

In our area it takes an urban heat island to produce that since its near the water. In the same event i was 96 with a heat index of 121, a mile from water with no heat island, so the water kept temps down but humidity up. Supposedly st pete had a heat index of 131 at a station yesterday as well but wansnt near 100 degrees. 

56 minutes ago, flplantguy said:

In our area it takes an urban heat island to produce that since its near the water. In the same event i was 96 with a heat index of 121, a mile from water with no heat island, so the water kept temps down but humidity up. Supposedly st pete had a heat index of 131 at a station yesterday as well but wansnt near 100 degrees. 

It's crazy that St Pete had already hit 100F historically but not Tampa.

     Location , Location , Location .     The Official reading for any area is just at that single location .  

In your own yard , there's a variability .  It just has to be that way . 

   Here in Daytona , the official location doesn't represent a whole lot of the area , but ...the official has to be somewhere . so.....

     

51 minutes ago, Bill H2DB said:

     Location , Location , Location .     The Official reading for any area is just at that single location .  

In your own yard , there's a variability .  It just has to be that way . 

   Here in Daytona , the official location doesn't represent a whole lot of the area , but ...the official has to be somewhere . so.....

     

What I say (As a Meteorologist) with temp data add 5+ or take -2

location indeed, we maxed out at 94F heat index 100 @ 40 miles south  Cloud cover is variable and the sun is doing the solar(radiative) heating.  As soon as even a little haze creeps over the temp feel drops noticeably.  Airports are natural hotspots with no shade and all the blacktop plus jet engine heat from normal operations.  I try not to pay too much attention to airport temps after living in the phoenix AZ area and seeing all those airport temps vs my yard.   Today I woke up to my dawn walk with the pooch and it was 80F with 90% RH at 6:45AM and zero wind.  I was glad the sun wasn't up yet for the early (exposed) part of the walk.   

23 minutes ago, sonoranfans said:

location indeed, we maxed out at 94F heat index 100 @ 40 miles south  Cloud cover is variable and the sun is doing the solar(radiative) heating.  As soon as even a little haze creeps over the temp feel drops noticeably.  Airports are natural hotspots with no shade and all the blacktop plus jet engine heat from normal operations.  I try not to pay too much attention to airport temps after living in the phoenix AZ area and seeing all those airport temps vs my yard.   Today I woke up to my dawn walk with the pooch and it was 80F with 90% RH at 6:45AM and zero wind.  I was glad the sun wasn't up yet for the early (exposed) part of the walk.   

Oh man... I worked at IAH (Bush Intercontinental) in Houston for a couple years and it is insanely hot. A coworker snuck a thermometer one day and temps on the tarmac were almost 140. It was even worse in the back of our catering trucks. 

On 7/29/2025 at 6:18 AM, JohnAndSancho said:

Wow. I can't believe y'all have never hit triple digits before.

The closer you are to the tropics, the more stable the climate. The record high and low temps for Singapore are 97 and 67 fahrenheit respectively. Crazy to think how you can go through a lifetime without ever experiencing the cold! 

On 7/28/2025 at 11:04 PM, Rubberboots said:

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^  Yep, 100F, in July.. = shrug from the desert.   Gotta wait until ........October???  for temps below that here..

That said, having lived there and recorded 113+  " feels like "  temps a few times each summer i lived there,  100 Air  temp,   ...not the combined air + dew point/ humidity reading....  anywhere,  in FL?  = pass. 

As an aside:  Have a long term, $1 bet w/ a friend that Tampa, or some place like Jacksonville ..or Miami.. will experience their first 105-110F air temp reading(s) sometime within in the next couple decades.. 



.....Regardless,  Congrats,..  Ya did it!.   Welcome to the club kids . 

3 hours ago, Silas_Sancona said:

^  Yep, 100F, in July.. = shrug from the desert.   Gotta wait until ........October???  for temps below that here..

That said, having lived there and recorded 113+  " feels like "  temps a few times each summer i lived there,  100 Air  temp,   ...not the combined air + dew point/ humidity reading....  anywhere,  in FL?  = pass. 

As an aside:  Have a long term, $1 bet w/ a friend that Tampa, or some place like Jacksonville ..or Miami.. will experience their first 105-110F air temp reading(s) sometime within in the next couple decades.. 



.....Regardless,  Congrats,..  Ya did it!.   Welcome to the club kids . 

Messege me brotha. @Silas_Sancona

@Silas_Sancona Definitely agree that it is outright oppressive when it is over 100F here. 

It looks like Jacksonville International (KJAX) 105F once:

The nearby stations have almost all recorded temperatures over 100F, including Mayport (KNRB) at 103F, which is about as water-modified as it gets.

 

Most of the stations around Miami top out between 96F-101F, but some of the inland stations could probably top that mark during one of these heat waves. 

19 hours ago, Slifer00 said:

The closer you are to the tropics, the more stable the climate. The record high and low temps for Singapore are 97 and 67 fahrenheit respectively. Crazy to think how you can go through a lifetime without ever experiencing the cold! 

67 is frigid in Singapore 😆