CXUS52 KTBW 021850 CLMFMY CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY FL 250 PM EDT TUE APR 02 2024 ................................... ...THE FORT MYERS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1902 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) ALL-TIME MARCH RECORD HIGH 94 03/27/2020 LOW 33 03/03/1980 03/02/1920 MARCH 2024 HIGHEST 88 03/14 MM MM 92 03/06 LOWEST 54 03/20 MM MM 50 03/21 AVG. MAXIMUM 82.7 81.1 1.6 86.3 AVG. MINIMUM 64.5 59.6 4.9 64.4 MEAN 73.6 70.3 3.3 75.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.6 -0.6 8 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) ALL-TIME MARCH RECORD MAXIMUM 18.58 1970 MINIMUM 0.00 1935 MARCH 2024 TOTALS 2.80 2.07 0.73 0.10 DAILY AVG. 0.09 0.07 0.02 0.00 DAYS >= .01 5 5.0 0.0 2 DAYS >= .10 4 2.9 1.1 0 DAYS >= .50 1 1.1 -0.1 0 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.6 0.4 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.90 03/22 TO 03/22 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 22 -22 0 SINCE 7/1 146 249 -103 MM COOLING TOTAL 275 187 88 329 SINCE 1/1 424 390 34 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/110 DATE 03/22 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/110 DATE 03/22 SKY COVER (DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY CLOUDS ABOVE 12000 FEET) POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.27 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 23 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 5 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 74 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 11 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 10 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. $$