Florida, 2025

Drought in Florida, October 1 to 31, 2025

October 1 to 31, 2025 · NWS TAE · 8 events in 8 counties and zones

D2 drought conditions continued from September into October, and by the end of the month, the drought had worsened to D3 across portions of the inland Florida panhandle and big bend.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
8

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS TAE wrote it up.

D2 drought conditions continued from September into October, and by the end of the month, the drought had worsened to D3 across portions of the inland Florida panhandle and big bend.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 30, 6:40 PM EST, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 6:40 PM EST, 5 hours 20 minutes before
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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

8 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, North Walton

When
October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where
North Walton forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor

Drought, Holmes

When
October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Holmes forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
30.868, -85.814 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Washington

When
October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Washington forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
30.611, -85.665 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Jackson

When
October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Jackson forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
30.795, -85.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Gadsden

When
October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Gadsden forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
30.580, -84.614 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Leon

When
October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Leon forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
30.458, -84.278 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Inland Jefferson

When
October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Inland Jefferson forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
30.424, -83.900 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Madison

When
October 1, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Madison forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
30.444, -83.470 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Drought
A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1293602, 1293603, 1293604, 1293605, 1293606, 1293607, 1293608, 1293609.