CXUS52 KTBW 021240 CLMFMY CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY FL 840 AM EDT SAT NOV 02 2024 ................................... ...THE FORT MYERS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1902 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) ALL-TIME OCTOBER RECORD HIGH 95 10/08/2009 10/04/1990 10/01/1986 10/04/1926 LOW 45 10/28/1957 OCTOBER 2024 HIGHEST 94 10/03 MM MM 93 10/06 10/02 10/05 10/01 LOWEST 61 10/17 MM MM 56 10/18 AVG. MAXIMUM 86.6 86.6 0.0 87.0 AVG. MINIMUM 70.9 69.4 1.5 69.9 MEAN 78.7 78.0 0.7 78.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 5 6.6 -1.6 7 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) ALL-TIME OCTOBER RECORD MAXIMUM 19.70 1924 MINIMUM 0.05 1963 OCTOBER 2024 TOTALS 7.16* 3.08 4.08 1.90 DAILY AVG. 0.24 0.10 0.14 0.06 DAYS >= .01 11 7.7 3.3 4 DAYS >= .10 7 4.5 2.5 4 DAYS >= .50 4 1.6 2.4 1 DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.8 1.2 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.54 10/09 TO 10/09 10/08 TO 10/09 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 2 -2 0 SINCE 7/1 0 0 0 MM COOLING TOTAL 418 404 14 426 SINCE 1/1 4120 3699 421 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 26/160 DATE 10/09 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 55/160 DATE 10/09 SKY COVER (DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY CLOUDS ABOVE 12000 FEET) POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.36 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 16 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 4 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 6 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 7 RAIN 8 LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 7 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. ................................................................ * THE RAINFALL TOTAL FOR OCTOBER 10TH WAS MISSING DUE TO EQUIPMENT FAILURE DURING HURRICANE MILTON. RADAR ESTIMATES AND LOCAL RAIN GAUGE MEASUREMENTS INDICATE THAT POTENTIALLY 0.10 TO 0.20 INCH FELL ON THIS DAY. $$