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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.

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