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Climate of Florida. Köppen climate types of Florida, using 1991–2020 climate normals. The climate of the north and central parts of the U.S. state of Florida is humid subtropical. South Florida has a tropical climate. [ 1] There is a defined rainy season from May through October when air-mass thundershowers that build in the heat of the day ...
The lowest recorded temperature in Key West is 41 °F (5 °C) on January 12, 1886, and January 13, 1981. Key West is located in USDA plant hardiness zone 12a, with an annual mean minimum temperature of 50 °F (10 °C).
Southernmost point buoy. The Southernmost Point Buoy is an anchored concrete buoy in Key West, Florida, marking the southernmost point in the continental United States, the lowest latitude land of contiguous North American states. It is 18 feet above sea level. The large painted buoy was established as a tourist attraction in 1983 by the city ...
January 1977 is the coldest month on record in the state of Ohio, with an average temperature of 11.9 °F (−11.2 °C). Snowfall was above average throughout the month and the all-time record low of −25 °F (−32 °C) was set in Cincinnati. The Ohio River froze solid for the first time since 1918, halting commercial shipping for weeks.
10,000,000 acres (4,000,000 ha) Highest elevation. 10 ft (3 m) [ 4 ] Dry Tortugas National Park is an American national park located about 68 miles (109 km) west of Key West in the Gulf of Mexico, in the United States. The park preserves Fort Jefferson and the several Dry Tortugas islands, the westernmost and most isolated of the Florida Keys.
The record low in Key West is 41 °F (5 °C) (in both 1886 and 1981), and low temperatures below 48 °F (9 °C) are rare. Most of the Florida Keys fall into USDA zone 11a to 11b; Key West is zone 12a.
January 10, 2010: An Arctic cold front blasted through south Florida on New Year's Day, ushering in a period of record-setting cold temperatures. West Palm Beach, Naples and Moore Haven set records for their coldest 12-day stretch on record, with Fort Lauderdale and Miami not far behind.
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, [ 1][ 2] with several later modifications by Köppen, notably in 1918 and 1936. [ 3][ 4] Later, German climatologist Rudolf Geiger (1894–1981 ...