NOUS42 KMLB 020333 PNSMLB FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-021200- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1033 PM EST SUN DEC 1 2013 ...NOVEMBER 2013 WAS MUCH WARMER THAN NORMAL FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... NOVEMBER SAW SEVERAL COLD FRONTS PASS THROUGH EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BUT THEIR COOLING EFFECTS WERE LIMITED BY QUICK RETURNS TO WARM AND MOIST ONSHORE FLOW. THIS LED TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION AND NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. .TEMPERATURES... THE FIRST WEEK IN NOVEMBER SAW ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES UNTIL A COLD FRONT SWEPT THROUGH THE AREA ON THE 8TH AND BRIEFLY COOLED TEMPERATURES TO NEAR NORMAL. THE REST OF NOVEMBER WAS SIMILAR WITH WARM TEMPERATURES FOR A FEW DAYS AND THEN A COLD FRONT WHICH WOULD BRIEFLY USHER IN NEAR NORMAL TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. EAST CENTRAL FLORIDAS FIRST TASTE OF WINTER AND TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW NORMAL CAME WITH A STRONGER COLD FRONT WHICH MOVED THROUGH THE AREA ON THE 27TH AND USHERED IN A BRIEF BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR. TEMPERATURES WERE WELL BELOW NORMAL FOR THE 27TH AND 28TH BEFORE RETURNING TO NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TO CLOSE OUT THE MONTH. THIS LAST COLD FRONT BROUGHT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ITS FIRST SUB-50 DEGREE TEMPERATURES SINCE LATE MARCH OF 2013, OR ABOUT 8 MONTHS PRIOR. A FEW SITES EVEN SAW TEMPERATURES DIP BELOW THE 40 DEGREE MARK BUT NO FREEZING TEMPERATURES OCCURRED. OVERALL, MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE MUCH WARMER THAN NORMAL, RANGING FROM 2 TO 4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AT SITES ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. DAILY RECORD TEMPERATURES FOR THE MONTH: DAYTONA BEACH: -NOVEMBER 1: RECORD HIGH OF 89 DEGREES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 87 SET IN 1951. THIS ALSO TIED THE ALL-TIME HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR NOVEMBER AT THIS SITE. THE ALL-TIME HIGH RECORD WAS PREVIOUSLY SET ON NOVEMBER 28, 1948. -NOVEMBER 22: TIED WARM LOW RECORD OF 70 DEGREES, LAST SET IN 1992. MELBOURNE: -NOVEMBER 1: RECORD HIGH OF 90 DEGREES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 88 SET IN 1941. -NOVEMBER 18: RECORD HIGH OF 88 DEGREES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 87 SET IN 1974. -NOVEMBER 22: RECORD WARM LOW OF 74 DEGREES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 73 SET IN 1992. VERO BEACH: -NOVEMBER 1: RECORD HIGH OF 91 DEGREES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 89 SET IN 2006 AND 1997. -NOVEMBER 18: RECORD HIGH OF 88 DEGREES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 87 SET IN 1986. AVERAGE TEMPERATURE VALUES FOR NOVEMBER 2013 AT THE FOUR PRIMARY CLIMATE SITES ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ARE AS FOLLOWS (RANKINGS PROVIDED IF IN THE TOP 10): -DAYTONA BEACH HAD AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 69.8 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, WHICH WAS 3.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. -ORLANDO HAD AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 70.8 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, WHICH WAS 2.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS TIED 2003, 1982 AND 1929 FOR THE 10TH WARMEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD FOR THIS SITE. -MELBOURNE HAD AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 73.2 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, WHICH WAS 4.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS IS THE 4TH WARMEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD FOR THIS SITE. -VERO BEACH HAD AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 73.3 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, WHICH WAS 3.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS IS THE 6TH WARMEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD FOR THIS SITE. .RAINFALL... MULTIPLE COLD FRONTS BROUGHT RAIN THROUGH EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA DURING NOVEMBER, BUT THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE OBSERVED ALONG THE COAST DUE TO MOIST ONSHORE FLOW. THE FIRST FRONT OF THE MONTH PASSED THROUGH ON THE 2ND AND BROUGHT WIDESPREAD RAIN TO AREAS FROM AROUND ORLANDO NORTHWARD BUT THE SHOWERS FIZZLED OUT BEFORE REACHING FARTHER SOUTH. THE MOST IMPRESSIVE RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THE MONTH CAME AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVED INTO THE AREA ON THE 19TH AND STALLED ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA, PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR HEAVY RAINFALL ON THE 20TH AND 21ST. A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE RAINFALL FOR MOST COASTAL SITES DURING THE MONTH FELL DURING THIS PERIOD. ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH ON THE 27TH AND PRODUCED RAIN AT MOST SITES BUT RAINFALL TOTALS WERE GENERALLY LOW. THERE WERE SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS DURING THE LAST FEW DAYS OF THE MONTH WHICH MOVED ONSHORE FROM THE ATLANTIC AND PRODUCED GENERALLY LOW RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE AREA. THE EXCEPTION WAS STUART, WHICH RECEIVED A LARGE PORTION OF ITS RAINFALL DURING THIS PERIOD DUE TO HEAVIER SHOWERS WHICH MOVED OVER THE AREA. DAILY RECORD RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH: DAYTONA BEACH -NOVEMBER 27: TIED RECORD RAINFALL OF 0.46 INCHES, PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1980. MELBOURNE -NOVEMBER 20: RECORD RAINFALL OF 3.05 INCHES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 0.60 IN 1952. NOVEMBER 2013 RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THE FOUR PRIMARY CLIMATE SITES ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ARE AS FOLLOWS (RANKINGS PROVIDED IF IN THE TOP 10): -DAYTONA BEACH RECEIVED 3.11 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH, WHICH WAS 0.42 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. -ORLANDO RECEIVED 0.92 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH, WHICH WAS 1.25 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. -MELBOURNE RECEIVED 4.69 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH, WHICH WAS 1.81 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. -VERO BEACH RECEIVED 7.38 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH, WHICH WAS 4.10 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 3RD WETTEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD FOR THIS SITE. THE RECORD MONTHLY MAXIMUM RAINFALL OCCURRED IN 1984 WHEN 11.76 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. BELOW IS A LIST OF OBSERVED PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND RAINFALL STATISTICS FOR SELECT SITES ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FOR NOVEMBER 2013: STATION NOVEMBER 2013 30 YEAR DEPARTURE PERCENT OF RAINFALL NORMAL FROM NORMAL NORMAL DAYTONA BEACH 3.11 2.69 +0.42 116% (DAB) ORLANDO 0.92 2.17 -1.25 42% (MCO) MELBOURNE 4.69 2.88 +1.81 163% (MLB) VERO BEACH 7.38 3.28 +4.10 225% (VRB) LEESBURG 2.39 1.88 +0.51 127% (LEE) CLERMONT 1.85 2.14 -0.29 86% (CLRF1) SANFORD 1.33 2.38 -1.05 56% (SFNF1) TITUSVILLE 1.87 2.94 -1.07 64% (TITF1) FORT PIERCE 6.05 3.10 +2.95 195% (KFPR) FORT PIERCE 2.83 3.58 -0.75 79% (FPCF1) STUART 2.90 4.14 -1.24 70% (STRF1) FOR MORE LOCAL INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MELBOURNE AND CLICK ON THE LOCAL LINK UNDER THE CLIMATE SUBSECTION ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PAGE. $$ BOWEN PALMBAYWEATHER.info
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