Record Report
Issued by NWS Jacksonville, FL
Issued by NWS Jacksonville, FL
500 SXUS72 KJAX 060204 RERGNV RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 900 PM EST FRI JAN 05 2024 ...SUMMARY OF CLIMATE RECORDS AT GAINESVILLE FLORIDA IN DECEMBER... WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY LIFTING NORTH OF GAINESVILLE ON 12-03-2023 PUSHED THE DEW POINT TEMPERATURE UP TO 74 DEGREES TYING THE PREVIOUS DECEMBER RECORD OF 74 DEGREES SET ON 12-02-2018. STRONG COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE ON 12-10-2023 BROUGHT A DAILY RECORD MAXIMUM WIND GUST OF 42 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE CENTER BUILDING SOUTHWARD INTO NORTH FLORIDA DURING THE SECOND WEEK OF THE MONTH SET DAILY RECORD HIGH SEA LEVEL PRESSURE RECORDS FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS, ON 12-12-2023 AT 30.47 INCHES OF MERCURY OR 1032.0 MILLIBARS, ON 12-13-2023 AND 12-14-2023 AT 30.48 INCHES OF MERCURY OR 1032.3 MILLIBARS. THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THIS HIGH PRESSURE CENTER BROUGHT NORTHEAST WINDS ON 12-14 WITH A PEAK WIND GUST OF 45 MPH ALONG WITH A DAILY AVERAGE WIND SPEED OF 13.5 MPH WHICH RANKS AS THE 9TH WINDIEST DECEMBER DAY ON RECORD. STRONGEST LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER PUSHED NORTH THROUGH GAINESVILLE ON 12-17-2023 DROPPING THE SEA LEVEL PRESSURE DOWN TO 29.44 INCHES OF MERCURY OR 996.8 MILLIBARS, BREAKING THE OLD MONTHLY RECORD OF 29.47 INCHES OF MERCURY OR 997.8 MILLIBARS SET ON 12-21-2018. NORTH WINDS ON THE BACK SIDE OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WERE SUSTAINED AT 30 MPH WITH A PEAK WIND GUST TO 55 MPH ON 12-17 AND WERE RANKED SECOND STRONGEST ON RECORD FOR DECEMBER. THE DAILY AVERAGE WIND SPEED ON 12-17 WAS 14.2 MPH AND RANKS AS THE THIRD WINDIEST DAY ON RECORD FOR DECEMBER. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM BROUGHT AN IMPRESSIVE 24 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNT OF 5.03 INCHES ON 12-16 AND 12-17 WHICH RANKS AT THE FOURTH HIGHEST TOTAL ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. RAINFALL RECORDS DATE BACK TO 1890 AT GAINESVILLE. $$ HESS $$