Florida summer forecast 2024: Staying warm and rainy [Video]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It’s been feeling a lot like summer in Florida lately, and the forecast looks more of the same, just ahead of the official start to the season.

The summer solstice on Thursday marks the start of astronomical summer when the sun’s direct rays appear directly over the Tropic of Cancer. This year, that’s at 4:50 p.m. Eastern Time.

Tampa will have a sunrise at 6:34 a.m. and a sunset at 8:29 p.m. — a whopping 13 hours and 54 minutes of daylight, which allows our high sun angle in Tampa to go to work.

So, what does the rest of the summer have in store? We have an early look below.

Florida summer temperature outlook

Last summer, the heat in Tampa was turned up a couple of notches. It was …