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The driest year for a climate station statewide was during 1974 when only 19.99 inches (508 mm) fell at Key West. [ 25 ] One of the worst years for wildfires was in 1998 , at the end of an El Nino cycle. 480 wildfires consumed 500,000 acres (2,000 km 2 ) statewide. [ 26 ]
The wet season (sometimes called the rainy season or monsoon season) is the time of year when most of a region's average annual rainfall occurs. [1] Generally, the season lasts at least one month. [2] The term green season is also sometimes used as a euphemism by tourist authorities. [3]
Key West is closer to Havana (about 106 miles or 171 kilometers by air or sea) [8] than it is to Miami (130 miles or 210 kilometers by air or 165 miles or 266 kilometers by road). [7] Key West is the usual endpoint for marathon swims from Cuba, including Diana Nyad's 2013 swim [33] [34] and Susie Maroney's 1997 swim from within a shark cage. [35]
Last month was the 5 th driest May since 1991 for the 16-county region from Orlando to the Keys covered by the district, Mitnik said.. It was the 9 th driest May since 1932.. The dry conditions ...
Start of showers, storms: Rain chances begin at 20% Saturday night, first in the northern parts of South Florida like Palm Beach County and Fort Lauderdale and then move south over the Miami area ...
The Köppen climate classification is the most widely used climate classification system. [2] It defines a tropical climate as a region where the mean temperature of the coldest month is greater than or equal to 18 °C (64 °F) and does not fit into the criteria for B-group climates, classifying them as an A-group (tropical climate group). [3]
If you visited Los Angeles in every season but winter, you'd think it was eternally sunny, warm and cloudless 24/7/365. Not so, when February 2024 brought a record-breaking 12.7 inches of rain to ...
There is a pronounced rainy season from April to November across the commonwealth, encompassing the annual hurricane season. Due to the Commonwealth's topography, rainfall varies greatly across the archipelago. Pico del Este averages 171.09 inches (4,346 mm) of rainfall yearly while Magueyes Island averages only 29.32 inches (745 mm) a year.