{"id":5428,"date":"2015-12-07T19:16:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T00:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=5428"},"modified":"2015-12-07T19:17:02","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T00:17:02","slug":"miami-wettest-start-to-december-on-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2015\/12\/miami-wettest-start-to-december-on-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami: Wettest start to December on record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Southeast Regional Climate Center pointed out on Facebook today that Miami has had its wettest start to December on record. \u00a0So far this month they have received 8.57 inches of rain. \u00a0The old record was 4.38 inches set in 1964, followed by 2.70 inches set in 1979. \u00a0You can produce\u00a0the complete list at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sercc.com\/perspectives?station=MIAthr\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.sercc.com\/perspectives?station=MIAthr<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One of the impacts of the heavy rain has been the closure of\u00a0Zoo Miami due to flooding. \u00a0According to Bay News 9 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baynews9.com\/content\/news\/baynews9\/news\/article.html\/content\/news\/articles\/cfn\/2015\/12\/7\/flooding_forces_zoo_.html?cid=facebook_Bay_News_9\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, there is so much water in the moats surrounding some of the animals that they are afraid the animals might be able to swim out and escape, while others might drown. \u00a0Walkways have so much water on them that it is not safe for visitors and fish from a nearby lake have been spotted swimming under benches.<\/p>\n<p>The southern tip of Florida was the only place in the Southeast that had drought conditions as of last week&#8217;s Drought Monitor. \u00a0It would not surprise me if this disappears in the next edition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/12\/miami-precip-dec-15-to-date-12-7-2015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5430\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/12\/miami-precip-dec-15-to-date-12-7-2015-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"miami precip dec 15 to date 12-7-2015\" width=\"329\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/12\/miami-precip-dec-15-to-date-12-7-2015-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/12\/miami-precip-dec-15-to-date-12-7-2015-238x138.jpg 238w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/12\/miami-precip-dec-15-to-date-12-7-2015.jpg 947w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5429\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5429\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/12\/miami-zoo-flooding-amazon-and-beyond-plaza-1-120715.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5429\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/12\/miami-zoo-flooding-amazon-and-beyond-plaza-1-120715-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"Source: Miami Zoo\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/12\/miami-zoo-flooding-amazon-and-beyond-plaza-1-120715-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/12\/miami-zoo-flooding-amazon-and-beyond-plaza-1-120715-205x138.jpg 205w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/12\/miami-zoo-flooding-amazon-and-beyond-plaza-1-120715.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5429\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Miami Zoo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Southeast Regional Climate Center pointed out on Facebook today that Miami has had its wettest start to December on record. \u00a0So far this month they have received 8.57 inches of rain. \u00a0The old record was 4.38 inches set in 1964, followed by 2.70 inches set in 1979. \u00a0You can produce\u00a0the complete list at\u00a0https:\/\/www.sercc.com\/perspectives?station=MIAthr. 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