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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.
Key West (Spanish: Cayo Hueso) is an island in the Straits of Florida, within the U.S. state of Florida. Together with all or parts of the separate islands of Dredgers Key, Fleming Key, Sunset Key, and the northern part of Stock Island, it constitutes the City of Key West . The island of Key West is about 4 miles (6 kilometers) long and 1 mile ...
On average, Florida has the mildest winters in the continental United States. Average lows range from 65°F in Key West to nearly 41°F degrees at Tallahassee, while daytime highs range from 62°F at Tallahassee to 77°F at Miami. Predominant tropical easterly winds across central and southern Florida keep temperatures warm during the winter ...
The 1935 Labor Day Hurricane was an extremely powerful and devastating Atlantic hurricane that struck the southeastern United States in early September 1935. For several decades it was: the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record in terms of barometric pressure, until surpassed by Hurricane Gilbert in 1988; [1] the strongest Atlantic ...
August 25–29 – Tropical Storm Isaac passed just southwest of Key West, although its effects in the Florida Keys were minimal. Across southern Florida, Isaac dropped heavy rainfall in southern Florida, reaching 15.86 inches (403 mm) in Loxahatchee. The storm also spawned five tornadoes.
The Florida Reef (also known as the Great Florida Reef, Florida reefs, Florida Reef Tract and Florida Keys Reef Tract) is the only living coral barrier reef in the continental United States. [1] It lies a few miles seaward of the Florida Keys, is about 4 miles (6 to 7 km) wide and extends (along the 20 meter depth contour) 270 km (170 mi) from ...
Naval Air Station Key West ( IATA: NQX [2], ICAO: KNQX, FAA LID: NQX ), is a naval air station and military airport located on Boca Chica Key, four miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Key West, Florida, United States. [3] NAS Key West is an air-to-air combat training facility for fighter aircraft of all military services, with ...