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Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall for the Southwest; Heat Spreads Across the Center of the Nation

Moisture will continue to move into areas of the West. This will increase showers and thunderstorms coverage and intensity, with the risk of flash flooding and damaging wind gusts. Meanwhile, heat across the Southwest will expand into the center of the nation this weekend into early next week. Trends favor this heat will spread across the Ohio Valley, mid-Atlantic next week. Read More >

Most Intense Florida Keys Tropical Cyclones
(Minimum Sea Level Pressure)

 

Rank

Name

Pressure (mb)

Category

Date

Year

Location

1

Labor Day

892

5

September 3

1935

Craig Key

2

Florida Keys

927

4

September 10

1919

Dry Tortugas

3

Donna

930

4

September 10

1960

Conch Key

4

Irma

931

4

September 10

2017

Cudjoe Key

5

Bahamas

948

3

September 28

1929

Tavernier

6

Cuba–Florida

949

3

October 18

1944

Dry Tortugas

 

Homestead

949

4

September 15

1945

North Key Largo

8

Betsy

952

3

September 8

1965

Tavernier

9

Florida Keys

953

3

October 18

1906

Marathon

10

Florida

955

3

September 21

1948

Sugarloaf Key

 

Florida Keys Tropical Cyclone History | Tropical Cyclones Before 1800 

Tropical Cyclones of the 1800sTropical Cyclones of the 1990s

Strongest Tropical Cyclones (Maximum Sustained Winds)

Florida Keys Tropical Cyclone Climatology

Tropical Cyclone by Date Calendar