Record Report
Issued by NWS Key West, FL
Issued by NWS Key West, FL
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977 SXUS72 KKEY 011600 RRA REREYW RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 1200 PM EDT TUE OCT 1 2024 ...RECORD WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE TIED AT KEY WEST YESTERDAY... ...2024 WAS THE WARMEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD AT KEY WEST... THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT THE KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT YESTERDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH, WAS 83 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. THIS TIES THE DAILY WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD, PREVIOUSLY SET IN 2018 AND 1958. ADDITIONALLY, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR SEPTEMBER 2024 AT KEY WEST WAS 86.2 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, 2.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE WARMEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD FOR THE KEY WEST AREA, SURPASSING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 85.8 DEGREES FROM 2018. THIS WARM MONTHLY AVERAGE WAS AIDED BY LOW TEMPERATURES THAT AVERAGE OVER 2.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL, INCLUDING A NEW MONTHLY RECORD FOR SEPTEMBER OF 87 DEGREES SET ON THE 13TH. THE PREVIOUS MONTHLY WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS 86 DEGREES FROM SEPTEMBER 2ND-4TH, 2020. TEMPERATURE RECORDS AT KEY WEST DATE BACK TO 1872. 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. $$ ROSS