Climate and Storm History of West Palm Beach, Florida

 West Palm Beach has a tropical monsoon climate with average temperatures every month of 64.4 ° F (18 ° C). Summer (rainy season) from May to October is warm, humid and rainy with high temperatures averaging 86-90 degrees F (30-32 ° C) and lows of 70-75 degrees F (21-24 ° C) . Winter (dry season) from November to April is hot and generally dry with temperatures averaging high 75 to 82 ° F (24-27 ° C) and lows of 57-66 ° F (14-19 ° C). Average annual rainfall is 63 in (1560 mm), most rainfall occurs during the rainy season in May, afternoon thunderstorms mostly heavy short October. West Palm Beach has an average of 133 rainy days and 234 days of sunshine a year. Hurricane season is officially June 1 to November 30, with the peak months to August, September and October.

Radar view of Hurricane

Hurricanes are natural phenomena that affect the seasonal eastern border of the United State, on the east coast and the Gulf of Mexico coast. These storms can bring the wind and the wind, which can cause little or no damage, or be destructive to the communities in these areas. July and September 1926 hurricanes hit South Florida, causing widespread destruction. September storm caused great damage in Miami, causing flooding in Moore Haven on the coast south of Lake Okeechobee, and has appeared in West Palm Beach. The most devastating hurricane to strike in West Palm Beach and Palm Beach County is the 1928 hurricane, which caused widespread destruction and more than 3,000 deaths in the country. Three hurricanes in 1940 caused severe flooding and wind storms in West Palm Beach. Regardless of the damage caused by these storms, the city has always recovered and continues to grow and develop.

Hurricane Wilma

Hurricane Wilma clobbered South Florida Monday, October 24, 2005, with surprising strength, leaving the entire region damaged, dark and surprised by the ferocity of the storm that many had not taken seriously enough. The storm killed 25 people. It cuts power to 3.2 million or more records of the Florida homes and businesses, affecting more than 6 million people, and stopped at many water utilities. The reduction of some buildings in ruins, forced hospitals to evacuate, hit a quicksand of Interstate 95 and smashed mobile homes, high rise windows and peace of mind from Belle Glade Miami Brickell Avenue.

Hurricane Andrew

August 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew struck South Florida, devastating Homestead, Florida City and parts of Miami, went to the northwest across the Gulf of Mexico to strike the Louisiana coast. In total, the storm caused 15 deaths, 25 deaths and indirectly, $ 30 billion in assets, which is the most costly disaster in U.S. history. Over 250,000 people were left homeless, 82,000 businesses were destroyed or damaged approximately 100,000 residents of South Dade County permanently left the area after Andrew. Andrew was also a serious impact on the environment - has damaged 33 percent of coral reefs and Biscayne National Park, and 90 percent of the Pinelands South Dade home, mangroves and tropical hardwood hammocks. He also created 30 years worth debris. 

Hurricane Galveston

 

On September 8, 1900, hurricane Galveston was the greatest natural disaster ever to hit the United States took place in Galveston, Texas. In the early evening of Sept. 8 came from a hurricane on the coast near Galveston brings with it an enormous storm surge that inundated most of Galveston Island and the city of Galveston. Consequently, much of the city destroyed and at least 6,000 people were killed within hours.

Hurricane Frances

The third major hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season, Hurricane Frances did the most hurricane damage after making landfall in the Gulf of Mexico and the Florida Panhandle. Hurricane Frances is perhaps most notable for the tornado outbreak it spawned, rivaling Hurricane Beulah in this regard.  

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