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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1250 AM EST TUE FEB 25 2025

...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT KEY WEST YESTERDAY...

CORRECTED TO INCLUDE RECORD RANKING CONTEXT.

A RECORD RAINFALL OF 3.45 INCHES WAS MEASURED AT KEY WEST
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH. THIS SHATTERS THE
OLD RECORD OF 1.62 INCHES SET IN 1892.

YESTERDAY`S RAINFALL ALSO RANKS SECOND IN THE TOP TEN WETTEST
FEBRUARY DAYS FOR KEY WEST AIRPORT. THE WETTEST FEBRUARY DAY ON
RECORD IS FEBRUARY 5TH, 2012, WITH 4.34 INCHES OF RAINFALL.

RAINFALL RECORDS AT KEY WEST DATE BACK TO 1871.

THESE DATA ARE PRELIMINARY AND HAVE NOT UNDERGONE FINAL QUALITY
CONTROL BY THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
/NCEI/. THEREFORE...THESE DATA ARE SUBJECT TO REVISION. FINAL AND
CERTIFIED CLIMATE DATA CAN BE ACCESSED AT WWW.NCEI.NOAA.GOV.

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