# Talk:Climate of the Tampa Bay area

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Not too sure how to do this, but it looks like reference 17 is MILES off? Links to a completely different country.
Thanks, 
Xavier.

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Weather.com says that Tampa's record low was 18℉ - but doesn't list a date or time.  The National Weather Service has the record low as 29℉ set on January 18, 2018 - equaling a record set in 1981.  Tampa, St. Pete and Lakeland set record low temps on Thursday 
The web site cites NWS.  I need to revise the article with a direct link.  It's a big difference in temperature.
Charles Oppermann (talk) 21:05, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

That news article is worded poorly; it's talking about a record low for that date, not all-time, which is why it also says that 29 was the lowest temp in Tampa since 1981. The all-time record low was indeed 18 degrees and was set on December 13, 1962. Here's a link to a chart from the National Weather Service, which should probably be used as a citation: [1]  Zeng8r (talk) 21:51, 13 November 2019 (UTC)
Whoops, my mistake.  You are indeed correct.  Thank you. Charles Oppermann (talk) 21:55, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

The Tropical Systems section of this article has not been updated after the last 2 years of hurricane seasons. Idalia (2023), Helene and Milton (2024) completely change the information about the area.  The 1 in 20 to 1 in 50 statistic seems to not be the case anymore as well. 
Idalia caused some minor damage and flooding while skirting the coast. Helene caused the highest storm surge in 100+ years in most of the Tampa Bay area (all the while being a huge miss) and Milton was the first direct hit of an above Category 1 storm since the early 1900s.
I think this article needs updates with full context of these storms and damage they caused, the coastal areas of Pinellas/Manatee county have been forever changed since. SleazyROM (talk) 05:32, 17 May 2025 (UTC)