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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
350 PM EDT MON MAY 20 2024

...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT MARATHON TODAY...
...RECORD MONTHLY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT MARATHON TODAY...

THROUGH 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON, THE FLORIDA KEYS MARATHON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ASOS HAS RECORDED 7.08 INCHES OF RAINFALL.

THIS NOT ONLY SHATTERS THE DAILY RECORD OF 1.68 INCHES FROM 1991,
BUT ALSO SETS A NEW RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF MAY. THE PREVIOUS
WETTEST DAY ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH WAS MAY 27TH, 1959, WHEN 6.60
INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS MEASURED IN THE MARATHON AREA.

PRECIPITATION RECORDS AT MARATHON DATE BACK TO 1950.

THESE DATA ARE PRELIMINARY AND HAVE NOT UNDERGONE FINAL QUALITY
CONTROL BY THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
/NCEI/. THEREFORE...THESE DATA ARE SUBJECT TO REVISION. FINAL AND
CERTIFIED CLIMATE DATA CAN BE ACCESSED AT WWW.NCEI.NOAA.GOV

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