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Locating Daily/Monthly Data
Unofficial* daily/monthly data is available through our web site for a few sites in West Central and Southwest Florida. These include Tampa International, Lakeland Linder, St. Petersburg - Albert Whitted, Sarasota-Bradenton International, Fort Myers - Page Field, and for the National Weather Service office in Ruskin.  To locate this information follow the steps below.

  1. Go to our Climate Page. (http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tbw/html/tbw/TampaBayClimatePage.htm)
  2. Click anywhere on the map with the Primary Sites (yellow squares) displayed.  This will take you to the Primary Sites Climate Page with many drop down menus.
  3. Daily/Monthly data for the current month can be found within the first choice on the page labeled “Current Month to Date Climate Summaries (F6)”.  Choose a site from the drop down menu and click the "GO" button on this line.
  4. Daily/Monthly data for previous months back through January 2001 can be found within the second choice on the page labeled “Monthly Climate Summaries (F6)”.  Choose a site, a month, and a year from the drop down menus and click the "GO" button on this line.
  5. Monthly data can also be found within the fifth choice on the page labeled “Climate Scorecards”.  Choose a site from the drop down menu and click the "GO" button.
* Unofficial data is not certified and cannot be used for a court case.
Only NCDC can certify weather information.  See the instructions in the next section below to get to the NCDC data.


Official, certified daily/monthly data is available for Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) Sites and for Cooperative Observer Program (COOP) Sites through the National Climatic Data Center for a small fee.  To locate this information online follow the steps below.

ASOS Sites

  1. Go to our Climate Page. (http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tbw/html/tbw/TampaBayClimatePage.htm)
  2. Click on the "ASOS Sites" link to the right of the map.  This will change the map and display all the ASOS sites available in West Central and Southwest Florida.
  3. Click on a site identifier on the map.  This will cause a small box to pop up on the screen.
  4. Click on the "Historical Data*" button.  This will take you to the National Climatic Data Center web site for the ASOS site you've chosen.
  5. On the NCDC web site for the ASOS site you've chosen, click on "DATA" in the top right part of the screen.  This will take you down the page to a list of products available online.
  6. Click on the product labeled "Hourly/Daily Data, Local Climatological Data (Edited)" if available, otherwise "Hourly/Daily Data, Local Climatological Data (Unedited)".
  7. Select the month(s) you want by adding them to the shopping cart and then proceed through the checkout.
Note: The "Edited" data is only available for Tampa and Fort Myers and is usually accessible three or four weeks after the month is complete.  However, the "Unedited" data is available within a few days after the month is completed.

COOP Sites

  1. Go to our Climate Page. (http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tbw/html/tbw/TampaBayClimatePage.htm)
  2. Click on one the "COOP Sites" links to the right of the map.  This will change the map and display the COOP sites available in West Central and Southwest Florida.
  3. Click on a site name on the map.  This will cause a small box to pop up on the screen.
  4. Click on the "Historical Data*" button.  This will take you to the National Climatic Data Center web site for the COOP site you've chosen.
  5. On the NCDC web site for the COOP site you've chosen, click on "DATA" in the top right part of the screen.  This will take you down the page to a list of products available online.
  6. Click on the product labeled "Record of Climatological Observations".
  7. Select the month(s) you want by adding them to the shopping cart and then proceed through the checkout.
Note: The data for the COOP Sites is usually not available until one month, sometimes two months, after the month is completed.

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