Summer 2018 Climate Summary

West Central and Southwest Florida Climate Summary for Summer 2018
Summer 2018 (June/July/August) across West Central and Southwest Florida was generally warm with temperatures averaging in the lower 80s, about 1 degree below normal to almost 3 degrees above normal. Rainfall on the other hand was highly variable across the region with many areas near the coast from Tampa Bay southward seeing well below normal rainfall for much of the Summer thanks to numerous days with southwest to west flow. However, during the last two weeks of August we saw our more classic summertime east to southeast flow setup and this brought many locations near the coast back closer to normal.

Summer 2018 Temperature (°F)					Summer 2018 Rainfall (inches)
Site	Average	Normal	DFN	Ranking	Site	Total	Normal	DFN	Ranking
Arcadia	81.5	81.2	+0.3	Tied 26th Warmest / 72nd Coolest	Arcadia	24.27	24.80	-0.53	54th Wettest / 53rd Driest
Archbold	81.6	80.3	+1.3	Tied 7th Warmest	Archbold	25.33	24.71	+0.62	19th Wettest
Bartow	82.4	82.6	-0.2	Tied 28th Warmest / 88th Coolest	Bartow	26.97	24.24	+2.73	19th Wettest
Brooksville	81.5	80.6	+0.9	Tied 22nd Warmest	Brooksville	24.46	23.41	+1.05	65th Wettest / 60th Driest
Chiefland 5 ESE	82.0	79.7	+2.3	4th Warmest	Chiefland 5 ESE	34.90	25.75	+9.15	4th Wettest
Fort Myers	*83.0	83.0	0.0	Tied 26th Warmest	Fort Myers	26.59	29.27	-2.68	59th Wettest / 56th Driest
Inverness 3 SE	80.1	81.1	-1.0	6th Coolest	Inverness 3 SE	24.07	23.59	+0.48	28th Wettest / 38th Driest
Lakeland	83.3	81.7	+1.6	Tied 10th Warmest	Lakeland	30.85	24.01	+6.84	12th Wettest
Myakka Rvr St Pk	83.2	81.8	+1.4	Tied 6th Warmest	Myakka Rvr St Pk	33.33	28.96	+4.37	19th Wettest
Plant City	84.1	81.4	+2.7	2nd Warmest	Plant City	30.56	24.54	+6.02	25th Wettest
Punta Gorda	84.0	82.5	+1.5	Warmest	Punta Gorda	28.42	25.03	+3.39	22nd Wettest
Sarasota-Bradenton	82.6	81.8	+0.8	12th Warmest	Sarasota-Bradenton	16.86	24.63	-7.77	21st Driest
St. Leo	81.1	82.3	-1.2	Tied 66th Warmest / 52nd Coolest	St. Leo	28.98	23.52	+5.46	28th Wettest / 97th Driest
St. Petersburg	84.0	83.5	+0.5	Tied 16th Warmest	St. Petersburg	20.33	22.10	-1.77	61st Wettest / 43rd Driest
Tampa	83.9	82.8	+1.1	Tied 4th Warmest	Tampa	23.59	21.52	+2.07	46th Wettest / 84th Driest
Tarpon Springs	83.5	81.7	+1.8	Tied 9th Warmest	Tarpon Springs	25.28	23.10	+2.18	43rd Wettest / 83rd Driest
Venice	83.2	82.0	+1.2	9th Warmest	Venice	15.19	22.60	-7.41	17th Driest
Wauchula 2 N	82.0	83.0	-1.0	Tied 20th Warmest	Wauchula 2 N	16.30	23.81	-7.51	9th Driest
Winter Haven	83.3	82.7	+0.6	Tied 5th Warmest	Winter Haven	24.48	23.07	+1.41	19th Wettest

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June Average Temp (°F)	June Dep fm Normal (°F)	July Average Temp (°F)	July Dep fm Normal (°F)


August Average Temp (°F)	August Dep fm Normal (°F)	Summer Average Temp (°F)	Summer Dep fm Normal (°F)


June Rainfall (in.)	June Pct of Normal (%)	July Rainfall (in.)	July Pct of Normal (%)


August Rainfall (in.)	August Pct of Normal (%)	Summer Rainfall (in.)	Summer Pct of Normal (%)