Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Key West Weather for 2018



     Winter was a bit milder than normal, with the coldest temperatures in mid February with the rainfall quite a bit above normal.  March has been a month of vacillation from low 80's to high 60's temperatures with times of really heavy rain fall.




     April and May will be a bit hotter and drier than normal. They are calling for Summer will be slightly hotter than normal, with the hottest periods in early June, early July, and early to mid-August.   Rainfall will be above normal.  Overall, September and October are predicted to be warmer and rainier than normal. 




     This is the part of the year to watch for tropical weather threats.  It is a normal part of the overall patterns, with hurricane season running  from June 1 through November 30.  “There is always considerable uncertainty as to how much activity an Atlantic hurricane season is going to generate.  “No one can completely understand the full complexity of the atmosphere-ocean system.”