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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 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.
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]
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.
∎ Rainfall amounts of 5 to 12 inches, with localized totals up to 18 inches, were expected across central to northern portions of the Florida Peninsula through Thursday, the hurricane center ...
Climate data for Orlando (Orlando Int'l), 1991–2020 normals, [a] extremes 1892–present [b]Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record high °F (°C)
The curfew previously put in place from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. for Fort Myers Beach, Florida, has been lifted, town officials said Sunday. Officials also announced that hurricane reentry passes were no ...
Debris at a mobile home park in Fort Myers. Lee County was lashed with wind gusts up to 89 mph (143 km/h), which were observed at Southwest Florida International Airport. [1] A total of 223,200 customers were left without electricity. [100] Overall, 170 of the county's 343 cell phone towers became out of service. [41]