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