... were below normal in the western Panhandle and west central Florida where rainfall was most needed; eastern and southern areas received above normal precipitation for the month.
With a shift to a wetter ...
... report on Hurricane Ian HERE.)
Rainfall was variable during the month, with northern areas receiving below normal rainfall and central to southern regions receiving above normal rainfall, with surplus ...
...
Monthly rainfall totals in October were below normal. The monthly precipitation departures from normal ranged from -3.55 inches in Pensacola to -1.24 inches in Tampa (see Table 2 and Appendix 1 for additional ...
... precipitation was variable, with surplus rainfall in central and northeast Florida due to Hurricane Nicole and below normal rainfall in the Panhandle.
Drought conditions persisted across the Panhandle ...
... totals for May were generally above normal for much of the state.
With increasing rainfall, drought conditions improved across the state during the month, and 74% of the state was drought free by the ...
...
Monthly precipitation totals were generally below normal, with exceptions in parts of northern Florida; the Big Bend region saw a surplus of rainfall during the month.
Severe drought expanded across ...
...
+5.6
Miami
75.9
+5.2
Key West
76.6
+4.3
February was dry overall across the state, with monthly rainfall totals below normal except along the southeast coast and a ...
... for June were mixed, with above normal rainfall in southeast and north-central Florida and below normal rainfall in southwest Florida and the central Panhandle.
Drought conditions improved across the ...
... variable, with above normal rainfall in South Florida and parts of North Florida, while central Florida and parts of the Panhandle had below normal rainfall.
Florida remained drought free in March, ...
... along the west Florida coast.
Extreme drought was reintroduced to the Florida west coast by the end of the month, with continued below-normal rainfall.
An El Niño Advisory continues and has a 90% ...
... occurred in the Panhandle due to a combination of below-normal rainfall and extreme heat.
An El Niño Advisory continues and there is increased confidence that it will persist into the winter (greater ...
...
84.7
+1.7
Key West
85.4
+1.3
Monthly rainfall totals in September were above normal in the Peninsula and below normal across western Florida and the Panhandle. The monthly ...
... near normal.
Fort Lauderdale had its wettest year on record in 2023, with 113.61 inches of rainfall which was +52.66 inches above normal; Sarasota had its driest year on record in 2023, with 27.13 inches ...
...
61.7
-0.3
Miami
70.8
+2.2
Key West
71.4
+0.8
Monthly rainfall totals in January were generally above normal, but below normal in parts of central and southeast Florida. ...
...
57.5
0.0
Orlando
63.6
0.0
Tampa
63.3
-1.4
Miami
69.0
-1.7
Key West
70.1
-2.2
Monthly rainfall totals in February were below normal in North Florida ...
...
-0.1
Monthly rainfall totals in April were below normal except in the eastern Panhandle, northern Florida, and in other isolated areas. The monthly precipitation departures from normal ...
...
74.5
+4.3
Key West
74.8
+3.8
Rainfall totals in February were variable across the state with some locations receiving above normal rainfall and other locations with near ...
Prepared by Florida Climate Center The Florida State University Tallahassee, FL
March Key Points:
Temperatures were above normal, while rainfall was below normal across Florida.
Abnormally ...
... of the northern part of the state.
Rainfall was above normal across the state, except in parts of southern Florida.
La Niña Advisory continued but weakened with an 80% chance for a transition to ...
...
Rainfall totals in January were generally below average across the state. Monthly departures from normal ranged from -0.53 inches in Key West to -2.89 inches in Gainesville (Table 2 and ...