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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1235 AM EST MON DEC 30 2024

...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT MARATHON YESTERDAY...

YESTERDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2024, THE FLORIDA KEYS MARATHON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RECORDED 2.45 INCHES OF RAINFALL. THIS
SHATTERS THE PREVIOUS DAILY RAINFALL RECORD OF 0.42 INCHES, SET IN
1995.

YESTERDAY`S RAINFALL ALSO RANKS NINTH IN THE TOP TEN WETTEST
DECEMBER DAYS FOR THE MARATHON AREA. THE WETTEST DECEMBER DAY ON
RECORD IS CHRISTMAS DAY 1986, WITH 4.29 INCHES OF RAINFALL.

PRECIPITATION RECORDS AT MARATHON DATE BACK TO 1950.

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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