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Significant rainfall was recorded along the Palm Beach County coast between November 21 and November 26 during this event, [5] with local amounts of up to 11.29 inches (287 mm) measured at West Palm Beach, Florida. [6] Surface temperatures hovered in the middle 50s°F, or around 13 °C, within the main region of impact.
Cocoa Beach Pier, built in 1962, extends into the Atlantic Ocean. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 15.0 square miles (39 km 2). 4.9 square miles (13 km 2) of it is land and 10.1 square miles (26 km 2) of it (67.49%) is water.
The low pressure measured from an extratropical cyclone was 28.84 inches/976.7 hPa during the Storm of the Century (1993). [3] From a tropical cyclone, the lowest pressure measured was 26.35 inches/892 hPa in the Florida Keys during the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935. [4]
After recording a sunrise temperature of 37 °F (3 °C), he observed "snow and hail the whole day" until 10 pm. The temperature then fell below freezing, the wind shifted to northwesterly, and the skies cleared at midnight. At sunrise the morning of January 11, he reported snow 5 inches (130 mm) deep and a temperature of 28 °F (−2 °C).
Miami's December beach weather is hard to beat (hovering between the 70s and low 80s) and nonstop flights with low prices make it one of the best last-minute, end-of-year vacations.
The highest daily minimum temperature is 84 °F (29 °C) on August 4, 1993 and September 7, 1897 (although the corresponding record for Miami Beach is 90 °F or 32 °C on July 17, 2001), and conversely, the lowest daily maximum temperature is 45 °F (7 °C) on February 19, 1900.
Image credits: Bob Reilly / flickr #5 Harold Holt. Known for being the 17th Prime Minister of Australia, Holt vanished without a trace on December 17, 1967, while swimming at Cheviot Beach ...
TIL in 2011 a Brazilian man rescued a starving Magellanic penguin that was drenched in oil on the beach near his house. It stayed with him for about 11 months before returning to the sea.