Climate in Carrollwood
Carrollwood shares the Tampa Bay area's humid subtropical climate -- hot, wet summers and short, mild winters -- with the nearest long-term climate-normal data drawn from Tampa International Airport, only about 10 miles to the southwest, the closest of any suburb in this batch.
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Learn moreWarm year-round with a wide summer/winter swing
Tampa-area daily highs average around 71°F in the coolest part of January (lows near 52°F) and around 91°F in the hottest stretch of July-August (lows near 77°F), per regional climate-normal aggregation. The area sees roughly 94 days a year when temperatures reach into the 90s, and frost is rare.
Rainfall interacts with Carrollwood's own lakes, not just a river or the coast
The Tampa area's annual rainfall runs around 52 inches, concentrated heavily in summer thunderstorms. In Carrollwood specifically, that rainfall combines with the community's genuine lake density (Lake Carroll, Lake Ellen, and others) to produce localized flood risk that's more about lake levels and drainage than either river flooding (as in Riverview or Valrico) or coastal storm surge.
Hurricane season overlaps the wettest months
Atlantic hurricane season runs June through November. Carrollwood's inland position, roughly 10 miles from Tampa Bay itself, reduces direct storm-surge exposure, but as Hurricane Milton (2024) demonstrated in the Carrollwood and Northdale area specifically, extreme rainfall and lake/drainage overflow remain a genuine risk independent of surge.
Key takeaways
- Humid subtropical climate: daily highs around 71°F in January and around 91°F in July-August, based on Tampa-area climate normals.
- About 52 inches of annual rainfall in a typical year, concentrated in the summer wet season.
- Carrollwood's genuine lake density (Lake Carroll, Lake Ellen, and others) makes rainfall-driven lake and drainage flooding the more locally relevant risk, distinct from river flooding elsewhere in this batch or coastal storm surge.
- Frost is rare; Carrollwood's inland position lowers storm-surge risk relative to coastal Tampa Bay but not rainfall-driven flood risk, as Hurricane Milton (2024) demonstrated.
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