November may have a cold reputation in some places, but much of Florida sweat through a heat wave that rewrote November's record books.

The first week of November, the following locations set or tied records for the month:

Daytona Beach: 90 degrees on Nov. 2 (records date to 1923)

Gainesville: 91 degrees on Nov. 3 (previous record was set in the Dust Bowl of 1936; records date to 1890)

Jacksonville: 89 degrees on both Nov. 1 and Nov. 3 (records date to 1871)

Key West: Low of 81 degrees Nov. 1 and 2 was warmest daily low on record in November (records date to 1871)

Melbourne: Low of 78 degrees Nov. 5 and 6 was warmest daily low on record in November (records date to 1939)

Naples: 92 degrees on Nov. 4 ties the previous record from 1946 (records date to 1942)

Tallahassee: 88 degrees Nov. 1, then 89 degrees on Nov. 3 and 4; also tied record warmest daily low temperature of 75 degrees on Nov. 2 (records date to 1896)

Tampa: 92 degrees on Nov. 4 (records date to 1890); also, their record latest-in-the-year 90s on record Nov. 6

Vero Beach: Low of 79 degrees Nov. 4 was warmest daily low on record in November (records date to 1942)

In Tampa, 90-degree heat is typical from mid-June through August. Early November average highs, there, are around 80 degrees. As of Nov. 6, Tampa had reached 90 degrees in three consecutive days, while setting daily record highs four days in a row.

In fact, the hottest temperature anywhere in the U.S. on Nov. 4, often found in the Desert Southwest or South Texas in early November, was at Cross City, Ft. Myers, Naples and Tampa, each soaring to 92 degrees.

November started impressively warm at Tallahassee, where the first four days of the month marked the warmest four-day stretch in November ever recorded in Tallahassee (80.9 degrees), by a whole four degrees.

Florida's capital city has reached 88 degrees five of the first six days of the month. A high of 88 degrees had only happened on three previous November days in Tallahassee dating to 1896, according to the National Weather Service.

Of course, it wasn't just the heat, but also the humidity.

Typically, beginning in late fall, a succession of cold fronts sweeps southeastward through the Sunshine State, clearing out summer's oppressive humidity.

Dew points, a measure of how much moisture is in the air, were stuck in the low-mid 70s during this heat wave, sending heat indices well into the 90s, particularly in South Florida.

This was great weather if you're working on your tan or cooling off in the pool, but pretty miserable if you were, say, in a long line at a theme park.

"It is getting old waiting for Fall to begin in November," said hurricane specialist Eric Blake , based at the National Hurricane Center in Coral Gables, Florida.

Blake says a lower sun angle and a bit cooler temperatures makes the current warm spell in South Florida better than summer, but not by much. "This is the time of the year that (it) usually pays to live in Florida."

This muggy air – yes, we're using the word muggy in November – also held morning lows in record warm territory.

Key West finally dipped below 80 degrees on the night of November 5 for the first time since October 30, thanks to a brief shower. They had set record daily warm low temperatures 8 of the first 9 days of the month. No rest for the A/C at night during this heat wave.

One of Florida's Hottest Years

This recent November heat wave is only the latest chapter in what has been one of the hottest years on record in the Sunshine State.

The first nine months of 2015 were the second warmest such period in records dating to 1895 , according to a NOAA/NCEI report.

If it wasn't for a cold February, 2015 would be in first place already. April through September was Florida's record hottest such "warm season" .

According to the Southeast Regional Climate Center , the following Florida cities with periods of record of at least 70 years have had one of their top three warmest years-to-date through November 3:

Record warmest: Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Moore Haven, St. Petersburg

Second warmest: Apalachicola, Orlando, Tallahassee, Vero Beach

Third warmest: Key West, Tampa, West Palm Beach

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