🌺 Almanac | Inside Azaleaville | August 2025



🌡️ Climate Snapshot

  • Average high: 89 °F; average low: 79 °F — August is the hottest month here
  • Typical cloud cover: Mostly cloudy ~64% of the time
  • Daily chance of rain: ~70% early, dropping to ~60% by month’s end
  • Rainfall: ~6.3″ in rolling 31‑day periods
  • Water temp at the shore: ~85–86 °F

📅 Local Highlights

  • First Fridays: Creative Clay Outdoor Art Market (ongoing in Aug/Sept)
  • Moonlight Bird Walk: Crescent Lake Park, Aug 2
  • Gulfport GeckoFest: Held Aug 30 in Gulfport

Haiku for August

📅 Monthly Observances

  • National Dog Month recognizes the bond and care for our canine companions

  • National Sandwich Month & National Panini Month

  • National Catfish Month

  • National Crayon Collection Month fun back-to-school nostalgia for coloring fans

📆 Other Observances

  • World Breastfeeding Week (Aug 1–7)

  • National Bargain Hunting Week (Aug 12–18)

  • National Aviation Week (Aug 19–25)

  • Be Kind to Humankind Week (Aug 25–31)

📅 August Dates to Remember – Inside Azaleaville

Aug 1 – 🏴‍☠️ Francis Scott Key (1779)
Aug 2 – 🍦 National Ice Cream Sandwich Day
Aug 3 – 🏈 Tom Brady (1977)
Aug 4 – 🎤 Barack Obama (1961)
Aug 5 – 🌕 Neil Armstrong (1930)
Aug 6 – 🎨 Andy Warhol (1928)
Aug 7 – 📻 Garrison Keillor (1942)
Aug 8 – 💡 First Night Game at Wrigley Field (1988)
Aug 9 – 🏃‍♂️ Jesse Owens Day
Aug 10 – 🏛 Herbert Hoover (1874)
Aug 11 – 🌞 Dog Days of Summer End
Aug 12 – 👧 Middle Children’s Day
Aug 13 – 🏝 I. M. “Handsome Jack” Taylor (1876), developer of Pasadena-on-the-Gulf
Aug 14 – ✈️ Tony Jannus (1889), aviation pioneer
Aug 15 – 👑 Napoleon Bonaparte (1769)
Aug 16 – 🎸 Elvis Presley Day
Aug 17 – 🦌 Davy Crockett (1786)
Aug 18 – 🧭 Meriwether Lewis (1774)
Aug 19 – 🍦 National Soft Ice Cream Day
Aug 20 – 🐾 National Homeless Animals Day
Aug 21 – 🍨 National Spumoni Day
Aug 22 – ⚾ Carl Yastrzemski (1939)
Aug 23 – 🌪 Hurricane Andrew (1992) made landfall in South Florida
Aug 24 – 🥧 National Peach Pie Day
Aug 25 – 🎼 Leonard Bernstein (1918)
Aug 26 – ⚖️ Women’s Equality Day
Aug 27 – 🎬 Samuel Goldwyn (1879)
Aug 28 – 🚶 World Sauntering Day
Aug 29 – 🗽 Individual Rights Day
Aug 30 – ⚾ Ted Williams (1918)
Aug 31 – ⚖️ Marcia Clark (1953)

❓ What major weather event struck Pinellas County in August 1985, causing widespread damage and a temporary evacuation?
tap for answer
✅ Hurricane Elena.
“Change is the only constant in life.”
— Heraclitus
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