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Fire Weather Concerns; Record Warmth Spreads

The Plains to the mid-Mississippi Valley continue with warm and dry conditions. Any fires that initiate could spread quickly. The warm temperatures will expand across the Southern Plains into the Southwest where numerous records are expected through the weekend. Meanwhile, a cold front will move southward across the northern Plains and Great Lakes region where some snow will develop this weekend. Read More >

Florida Keys Tropical Cyclone History

Tropical Cyclones Before 1800Tropical Cyclones of the 1800s

Tropical Cyclones of the 1900sTropical Cyclones of the 2000s

Strongest Tropical Cyclones (Maximum Sustained Winds)

Most Intense Tropical Cyclones (Minimum Central Sea Level Pressure)

Florida Keys Tropical Cyclone Climatology

Tropical Cyclone by Date Calendar

References:

The 15 Worst Hurricanes in Florida Keys History – https://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=795c97208a234a22be68f487854478c5

Historical Hurricane Tracks – https://coast.noaa.gov/hurricanes/#map=4/32/–80

Hurricanes in the Florida Keys – https://archive.vn/KHbQf

Florida Keys Hurricanes of the Last Millenium – http://www.keyshistory.org/hurricanelist.html

HURDAT2 – https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/hurdat2.html

NHC Data Archive – https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/

Ludlum, David M. (David McWilliams), 1910–1997. Early American Hurricanes, 1492–1870. Boston: American Meteorological Society, 1963.

Barnes, Jay. Florida's Hurricane History. University of North Carolina Press, 1998.