Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
005 CXUS52 KKEY 012250 CLMMTH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 650 PM EDT MON APR 1 2024 ................................... ...THE MARATHON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1950 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 90 03/30/2023 03/16/2019 LOW 48 03/15/1993 03/02/1986 HIGHEST 86 03/05 90 03/30 03/07 LOWEST 68 03/29 62 03/20 AVG. MAXIMUM 81.8 80.7 1.1 85.4 AVG. MINIMUM 73.0 68.5 4.5 72.7 MEAN 77.4 74.6 2.8 79.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 1 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 7.03 1983 MINIMUM T 1995 TOTALS 4.18 1.33 2.85 1.02 DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.04 0.09 0.03 DAYS >= .01 6 5.8 0.2 3 DAYS >= .10 4 2.4 1.6 2 DAYS >= .50 2 0.8 1.2 1 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.1 0.9 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.51 03/22 TO 03/23 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 5 -5 0 SINCE 7/1 8 71 -63 44 COOLING TOTAL 389 302 87 443 SINCE 1/1 794 708 86 1113 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 24/330 DATE 03/19 24/130 03/22 24/320 03/28 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 45/290 DATE 03/28 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.24 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 25 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 6 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 7 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 3 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ MARATHON DAILY RECORDS, MARCH 2024 AND 2024-TO-DATE RECORD MAR 2024 2024 ====== ======== ======== MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 0 3 COOL MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 0 0 WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 4 8 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 0 0 RAINFALL 1 2 TOP 10 WARMEST MARCHES ON RECORD FOR MARATHON RANKING YEAR AVERAGE (DEG F) ======= ==== =============== 1 2003 79.2 2 2023 79.1 3 2022 78.3 4 2020 78.1 5 2015 77.9 2012 77.9 7 2019 77.7 8 2024 77.4 <--- 9 2016 77.0 10 2008 76.9 TOP 10 WETTEST MARCHES ON RECORD FOR MARATHON RANKING YEAR TOTAL (IN.) ======= ==== =========== 1 1983 7.03 2 1967 5.80 3 1987 5.69 4 1986 5.03 5 1998 4.80 6 1958 4.57 7 2003 4.33 8 1959 4.21 9 2024 4.18 <--- 10 1991 3.91 ROSS