Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Key West, FL
Issued by NWS Key West, FL
000 CXUS52 KKEY 011746 CLMEYW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 146 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2023 ................................... ...THE KEY WEST CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 94 05/14/2019 LOW 63 05/02/1877 05/08/2016 HIGHEST 92 05/22 89 05/09 05/18 LOWEST 69 05/02 72 05/11 05/13 AVG. MAXIMUM 87.5 85.9 1.6 85.6 AVG. MINIMUM 76.5 76.4 0.1 76.6 MEAN 82.0 81.1 0.9 81.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 6 0.5 5.5 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 14.17 2018 MINIMUM T 1927 TOTALS 3.97 3.12 0.85 1.72 DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.10 0.03 0.06 DAYS >= .01 8 7.5 0.5 10 DAYS >= .10 5 4.1 0.9 5 DAYS >= .50 2 1.7 0.3 1 DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.9 1.1 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.63 05/24 TO 05/24 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 7/1 29 46 -17 23 COOLING TOTAL 538 501 37 507 SINCE 1/1 1964 1595 369 1698 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/130 DATE 05/30 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 37/120 DATE 05/30 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.27 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 23 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 71 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 5 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ KEY WEST DAILY RECORDS, MAY 2023 AND 2023-TO-DATE RECORD MAY 2023 2023 ====== ======== ======== MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 2 9 COOL MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 0 0 WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 1 12 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 0 0 RAINFALL 1 1 TOP 10 WARMEST MAYS ON RECORD FOR KEY WEST RANKING YEAR AVERAGE (DEG F) ======= ==== =============== 1 1995 83.5 2 1873 82.9 3 1967 82.8 4 2019 82.5 5 1975 82.4 6 1991 82.2 1953 82.2 8 2010 82.1 1935 82.1 10 2023 82.0 <--- 2003 82.0 1946 82.0 TOP 10 WARMEST SPRINGS ON RECORD FOR KEY WEST (SPRING DEFINED AS MARCH-APRIL-MAY) RANKING YEAR AVERAGE (DEG F) ======= ==== =============== 1 2023 79.7 <--- 2020 79.7 3 2015 79.6 4 1991 79.5 1975 79.5 6 1965 79.4 7 2019 79.3 1982 79.3 9 1967 79.2 10 1953 79.1 ROSS