In spite of 7 days of below normal temperatures to end January, the monthly temperature ended up being about normal. Much of this was caused by four or five days of much above normal temperatures to start the month.
Just like last December, it was a wetter than normal pattern through January. This is very typical for us in an El Nino winter.
There was no flooding but there were numerous reports of severe weather in the early morning on January 24. Sunday the 27th was an unusually wet and cold day for Florida with non-stop rain for about 24 hours.
Unlike last January, most of our area avoided a freeze this year.
TAMPA
Average Temperature 61.0 (0.2 above normal)
Warmest 83 2nd
Coldest 40 21st
Rainfall 4.21” (1.98 above normal)
CLEARWATER
Average Temperature 60.6 (-0.8 below normal)
Warmest 80 2nd, 23rd
Coldest 41 29th
Rainfall 3.84” (0.91” above normal)
ST. PETERSBURG
Average Temperature 62.0 (0.4 above normal)
Warmest 81 2nd
Coldest 45 21st
Rainfall 3.84” (1.27” above normal)
BROOKSVILLE
Average Temperature 56.5 (-0.2 below normal)
Warmest 84 2nd
Coldest 27 17th
Rainfall 3.77” (0.55” above normal)
LAKELAND
Average Temperature 61.8 (1.1 above normal)
Warmest 84 4th
Coldest 36 21st
Rainfall 4.44” (1.80” above normal)
WINTER HAVEN
Average Temperature 61.5 (0.7 above normal)
Warmest 83 1ST, 4th
Coldest 40 21st
Rainfall 4.38” (0.90” above normal)
SARASOTA/BRADENTON
Average Temperature 61.9 (0.5 above normal)
Warmest 84 2nd
Coldest 40 29th
Rainfall 2.75” (0.26” above normal)