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Get the Fort Myers, FL local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
Get the Fort Myers, FL local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
On June 12, various places in Sarasota County, just south of Tampa Bay, recorded 24 hour rainfall totals of 6–10 in (150–250 mm). [20] Rainfall of this magnitude can be expected to hit this area once every 500 to 1000 years. [21] Farther south, Fort Myers recorded 5.44 in (138 mm) of rain, the most recorded there in a 24 hour span. [22]
It also dropped heavy rainfall in the state, reaching 9.67 in (246 mm) near Chipley. [21] [22] September 26 – While Tropical Storm Isidore hit southern Louisiana, its large circulation dropped heavy rainfall across Florida, reaching 11.31 in (287 mm) in Milton. Rip currents killed a man in Manatee County.
This heavy rain contributed to September 2022 being the wettest month on record for Orlando, [97] and combined with Hurricane Nicole in November, led to Orlando recording their wettest meteorological autumn on record in 2022. [98] Orlando International Airport recorded wind gusts of up to 74 mph (119 km/h). [99]
The rain comes after parts of Florida have spent many months in a drought. Sarasota has received 25 inches less rain than it normally would since the start of 2023, which was its driest on record.
The climate regime for much of the state is humid subtropical (Köppen Cfa), though the Miami Metropolitan Area, southwest Florida from Fort Myers southward, and all of the Florida Keys, qualify as tropical wet-and-dry (Köppen Aw). Florida counties with tropical climates include Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Lee, Collier, and Monroe counties.
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