Lee County
Temperature Summary (1933-2006)
Highest Maximum: 107 F, July 27, 1940
Lowest Minimum: -2 F, January 21, 1985
Annual Average:
Maximum 73.5 F
Mean 61.8 F
Minimum 50.1 F
Precipitation Summary (1933-2006)
Highest Daily Rainfall: 6.05 Inches, August 29, 1988
Annual Average Rainfall: 44.81 Inches
Wettest Year: 62.50 Inches, 1964
Driest Year: 25.73 Inches, 2001
Mean Snowfall: 1.8 Inches
Largest Snowfall: 8.0 Inches, 1979
Extreme Events (*Data through August 2006)
7 Tornado (1950-2006)
Total cost from all the tornadoes $78k
8 Injuries from all the tornadoes
63 Wind Events (thunderstorm winds exceeding 60 miles per hour)
31 Hail Events (1955-2006)
Total cost= $40,000
1 Lightning Event (1993-2006)
0 Lightning-related Injury
0 Deaths from Lightning
Total cost= $60,000
Following data from 1993-2006
6 Total Floods
3 Flash Floods
2 River Floods
1 Coastal Floods
15 Ice, Sleet or Snow Events
15 Extreme Cold Events
151 Months in Moderate to extreme according to Palmer Drought Severity Index computed by Regional Drought Monitor
