Best Time to Go
This depends on whether you want to get a bargain or keep cool. Summer is the
best time for inexpensive beach vacations. The humidity is high in the
summer, making it seem even hotter than it actually is. The heat should
be no problem, though, if spending time in the ocean or staying close to
air-conditioning.
The best weather is the January through March period and September
through November. It is also the least crowded time to visit.
Average Weather
Generally, the winters in Clearwater are dry and the summers are wet. There
is plenty of sunshine all year long. During the summer, the rains don't usually
last long. Every once in awhile it will rain all day, but not very often.
The average low in January through March is 50 degrees, while
the high averages 76. It starts warming up April through June
when the low averages 62 degrees and the high averages 90.
July through September is the hottest period, when the averages
are 73 for the low and 90 for the high. This is the time when
many Floridians leave to beat the heat.
Temperatures come down in October through December when the
average low drops to 51 degrees and the high is a comfortable
84. The gulf water temperature is in the 80s most of the year,
dropping to 60s-70s in January through March.
