Summer 2023 was Florida's hottest on record — here's where the Tampa Bay area ranked. Several Florida regions set temperature records this summer, and the Tampa Bay area was among the hottest.
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Analyses with other temperature data — from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA, among others — have also shown more than a 50 percent chance that 2023 will be the warmest on record. At the end of June, the nonprofit Berkeley Earth forecast an 81 percent chance of a record 2023.
The summer of 2023 was Earth's hottest since global records began in 1880, according to scientists at NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies (GISS) in New York.
The scorching summer of 2023 reaches 'mind-blowing' high temperatures. Death Valley hit 129°F (120°F at night), China set its all-time heat record, and a heatwave continues to roast Europe.
For most people such a temperature range would be interpreted as hot. In Florida during July and August it is common for the daily temperature range to be between 73° F and 95° F.
Next year is likely to be even hotter. “We're anticipating that not only is 2023 going to be possibly a record warm year, but we anticipate that 2024 will be warmer still,” said Gavin Schmidt, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York.