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The wettest month recorded at a Florida climate station was during May 1891 when Gainesville, Florida received 30.90 inches (785 mm). [23] The wettest year on record for a Florida climate station was during 1879 when 127.24 inches (3,232 mm) fell at Pensacola, Florida . [ 24 ]
On the Florida peninsula, a strong monsoon becomes dominant, with dry winters and heavy summer rainfall. In winter the strong subtropical ridge creates the stable air over Florida with little convection and few fronts. Along the Gulf Coast, and the south Atlantic states, decaying tropical systems added to summers peak rainfall. [42]
The interior desert sees its greatest rainfall during spring and summer. [30] The wettest spot is Mount Bellenden Ker in the north-east of the country records an average of 8,000 millimetres (310 in) per year, with over 12,000 millimetres (470 in) of rain recorded in the year 2000. [31]
The threat to Florida is particularly urgent, with some parts at risk this summer when temperatures and humidity spike. Hialeah, a suburb of Miami, is one of the places most vulnerable to heat and ...
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Stormy Weather is a 1995 novel by Carl Hiaasen. [1] It takes place in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Andrew in South Florida and concerns the tragic (though sometimes comic) effects of the disaster, including insurance scams, street fights, hunting for food and shelter, corrupt bureaucracy, a ravaged environment and disaster tourists.
Florida is one of the states most at risk for extreme weather events, costing the state billions of dollars, staggering numbers of heat related deaths, and significant habitat destruction.
Bondurant went on to earn a PhD in English at Florida State University in 2003. Bondurant's first novel The Third Translation (Hyperion 2005) is an international bestseller. [citation needed] His second novel The Wettest County in the World (Scribner 2008) became the 2012 film Lawless by director John Hillcoat.