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Con l'eccezione di [[Miami Beach]], le Keys sono il solo posto degli Stati Uniti continentali dove non si sono registrate gelate, con una temperatura minima record di 5 °C il 12 gennaio 1886 e 13 gennaio 1981.
Venti prevalentemente orientali e brezze marine riducono anche il riscaldamento estivo, con temperature che raramente raggiungono i 35 ° C. Ci sono 55 giorni l'anno con più di 32 ° C,<ref name = NOAA>[http://www.nws.noaa.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=key NOWData]</ref> con una finestra media per tali valori tra il 10 giugno ed il 22 settembre più breve rispetto a quasi tutto il sud-est degli Stati Uniti. Le temperature minime spesso rimangono al di sopra di 27 ° C. Il record di temperatura massima di tutti i tempi è di 36 ° C il 29 agosto 1956 e il 19 luglio 1880.<ref name = NOAA/>
Key West ricade nella zona del [[Dipartimento dell'Agricoltura degli Stati Uniti d'America]] di robustezza delle piante 11b, con minime da +7.2 °C (45 °F) a +10 °C (50 °F).<ref>|source 1 = <USDA.gov= >{{cite web |url = http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/# |title = USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map |last= |first= Agricultural Research Center, PRISM Climate Group Oregon State University |website= USDA |publisher= USDA |accessdate = 24 February 2014}}</ref>
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[[File:Flood102405.JPG|thumb|250px|Flooding caused by Wilma on [[Key Haven]], island suburb of Key West, Florida. (October 24, 2005)]]
Hurricanes rarely hit Key West, and the island has been relatively lucky. Locals say that [[Hurricane Wilma]] on October 24, 2005, was the worst storm in memory. The entire island was told to evacuate. Business owners were forced to close their businesses. After the hurricane had passed, a [[storm surge]] sent eight feet of water inland, completely inundating a large portion of the lower Keys. Low-lying areas of Key West and the lower Keys, including major tourist destinations, were under as much as three feet of water. Sixty percent of the homes in Key West were flooded.<ref>Key West Citizen "New commissioners' trial by wind and flood" October 27, 2005</ref> The higher parts of Old Town, such as the [[Solares Hill]] and [[Key West Cemetery|cemetery]] areas, did not flood, because of their higher elevations of 12 to {{convert|18|ft|m}}.<ref name="ReferenceB">Key West Citizen October 25, 2005, pp 1-2, 6</ref> The surge destroyed tens of thousands of cars throughout the lower Keys, and many houses were flooded with one to two feet of sea water. A local newspaper referred to Key West and the lower Keys as a "car graveyard."<ref>Key West Citizen "Flooded cars litter the Keys" October 27, 2005</ref> The peak of the storm surge occurred when the eye of Wilma had already passed over the [[Naples, Florida|Naples]] area, and the sustained winds during the surge were less than {{convert|40|mi/h|km/h|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name="ReferenceB"/> The storm destroyed the piers at the [[Nude beach|clothing-optional]] Atlantic Shores Motel and breached the shark tank at the Key West Aquarium, freeing its sharks. Damage postponed the island's famous Halloween [[Fantasy Fest]] until the following December. MTV's [[The Real World: Key West]] was filming during the hurricane and deals with the storm.
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