2016 South Florida Weather Year in Review
MIAMI-SOUTH FLORIDA
National Weather Service Forecast Office
2016 South Florida Weather Year in Review
Stormy Winter and Big Hurricane Threat Warmer Than Normal Once Again
December 30th, 2016: 2016 will go down as an active weather year across South Florida, as our region experienced not only severe weather and tornadoes early in the year, but a significant threat from a major hurricane in early October. In between and throughout most of the year, it was warmer than normal and precipitation amounts varied from wetter than normal across western areas of South Florida to drier than normal across a good part of the East coast metro areas.
2016 began with a very active severe weather period starting in mid-January and lasting into March. A series of storm systems affected the area, bringing severe thunderstorms, flooding and tornadoes. A total of 9 tornadoes were confirmed during this period, four of these being of EF-1 intensity (winds 86-110 mph) on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. Six severe weather days (days with multiple reports of flood, tornado, wind or hail events) occurred during this time frame. The strong El Ni?o pattern of last winter was a key contributor to the increased storminess and severe weather. January was the wettest on record at many South Florida locations and the South Florida Water Management District determined that the winter of 2015-2016 was the wettest on record for the general South Florida region since records began in 1932.
After this severe weather period, drier than normal conditions prevailed into the summer. The summer was dominated by high pressure aloft which led to abnormally dry conditions over eastern areas of South Florida. Meanwhile, interior and western areas were wetter than normal. The summer was also hotter than normal and resulted
in a tie for the hottest summer on record in West Palm Beach and among the top 10 hottest on record across the rest of South Florida.
Hurricane season made its presence felt across South Florida in 2016. The first threat was from a tropical disturbance which eventually became Hurricane Hermine in the Gulf of Mexico during the end of August/beginning of September. South Florida escaped impacts from Hermine aside from enhanced rainfall and slightly elevated tides along parts of the Collier County coast, but the real threat came from Hurricane Matthew during the first week of October. Matthew, a major hurricane which reached Category 5 strength in the Caribbean Sea before striking parts of Haiti and Cuba, passed over the Bahama Islands and came close enough to South Florida to prompt hurricane and tropical storm warnings across the region. Although the core of Matthew remained just offshore with no hurricane impacts in South Florida, winds of tropical storm force were felt along the Southeast Florida coast and moderate beach erosion was observed.
After a quiet and uneventful end of October and November, December returned to the warmer than normal pattern of much of the year and likely end up among the top 3 warmest Decembers on record.
Below is a listing of the top 5 south Florida weather stories for 2016, followed by a summary of rainfall, temperatures and hazardous weather.
#1 Weather Story of 2016 Hurricane Matthew Near-Miss: October 6th
Hurricane Matthew was the biggest hurricane threat to South Florida since Hurricane Wilma in October 2005. Hurricane warnings were posted for Palm Beach and Broward counties, and Tropical Storm warnings were issued for the remainder of South Florida as Matthew moved across the southern Bahamas and the forecast track had the storm passing very close to South Florida. Fortunately for South Florida, hurricane force winds and other severe impacts remained just offshore. Sustained tropical storm force winds
over land were confined to eastern Palm Beach County and the immediate coast of Broward County.
Main impacts were: beach erosion and wind damage to trees and siding. Damage to beaches is estimated at near $20 million in Palm Beach County, nearly $2 million in Broward County and close to $1 million in Miami-Dade County. Nearly 100,000 customers lost power during the storm across the three-county area of SE Florida.
#2: February 16th Tornado Outbreak
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January through March 2016 was a very active severe weather period across South Florida as a series of storm systems affected the area, bringing severe thunderstorms, flooding and tornadoes. A total of 9 tornadoes were confirmed during this period, four of these being of EF-1 intensity (winds 86-110 mph) on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. Six severe weather days (days with multiple reports of flood, tornado, wind or hail events) occurred during this time frame. The strong El Ni?o pattern of last winter was a key contributor to the increased storminess and severe weather. One of these severe weather events was the tornado outbreak of February 16th. A strong squall line developed ahead of a cold front over the eastern Gulf of Mexico on February 15th. The squall line intensified as it moved across the warm waters of the loop current in the eastern Gulf. Strong low level rotation and an unstable environment were in place across South Florida ahead of this line. A Tornado Watch was issued at 2 am EST on February 16th. Another squall line developed near the Southwest Florida coast ahead of the first line and moved onshore just after 3 am EST, continued to move eastward
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