CXUS52 KTBW 021550 CLMFMY CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY FL 1150 AM EDT THU APR 02 2026 ................................... ...THE FORT MYERS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2026... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1902 TO 2026 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) ALL-TIME MARCH RECORD HIGH 94 03/27/2020 LOW 33 03/03/1980 03/02/1920 MARCH 2026 HIGHEST 91 03/28 MM MM 90 03/26 LOWEST 51 03/18 MM MM 47 03/07 AVG. MAXIMUM 84.9 81.1 3.8 82.0 AVG. MINIMUM 63.6 59.6 4.0 59.3 MEAN 74.3 70.3 4.0 70.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 4 0.6 3.4 1 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 MARCH RECORD MAXIMUM 18.58 1970 MINIMUM 0.00 1935 MARCH 2026 TOTALS 2.02 2.07 -0.05 0.61 DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.07 0.00 0.02 DAYS >= .01 10 5.0 5.0 4 DAYS >= .10 4 2.9 1.1 2 DAYS >= .50 2 1.1 0.9 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.6 -0.6 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.86 03/01 TO 03/01 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 8 22 -14 9 SINCE 7/1 273 249 24 MM COOLING TOTAL 294 187 107 191 SINCE 1/1 493 390 103 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 30/060 DATE 03/01 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 49/280 DATE 03/16 SKY COVER (DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY CLOUDS ABOVE 12000 FEET) POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.35 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 20 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 66 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 5 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 9 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$