Drought in Florida

Events

1,514

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Damage

$100 million

• Drought in Florida, May 1 to 20, 2001$100 million · 5 eventsA 13-month period of below normal rainfall ended on May 20 with the beginning of the 2001 rainy season. Rainfall amounts since May 2000 over interior and southwest portions of south Florida and over all of Palm Beach County averaged about 30% below normal.
• Wildfire and Drought in Florida, March 1 to 31, 202633 eventsAlmost record below normal rainfall continued during the month of March, persisting extreme drought (D3) conditions area-wide and upgraded the Suwannee Valley and inland southeast Georgia into an exceptional drought (D4) by the end of March.
• Drought in Florida, May 1 to 31, 202632 eventsSeveral rounds of beneficial rain throughout the month of May brought slight improvements to the long term extreme drought (D3) and exceptional drought (D4) conditions across northeast Florida and southeast Georgia.
• Drought in Florida, April 1 to 30, 202632 eventsAlmost record below normal rainfall continued during the month of April, persisting extreme drought (D3) and exceptional drought (D4) conditions area-wide.
• Drought in Florida, March 1 to 31, 202627 eventsDrought conditions worsened during March with below average rainfall. Northwest Florida started the month in D2 to D3 status and ended the month in D3 to D4 status.
• Drought in Florida, February 1 to 28, 202627 eventsD2-D3 drought conditions continued through February and into March.
• Drought in Florida, May 1 to 31, 202627 eventsD3-D4 drought conditions prevailed to start the month of May across the Florida panhandle and big bend. However, beneficial rain during the month reduced the drought to D2 across the Florida panhandle by the end of the month. D3-D4 conditions still prevailed across the big bend.
• Drought in Florida, April 1 to 30, 202627 eventsDry conditions persisted across the tri-state area through April and into May with D3-D4 drought continuing.
• Drought in Florida, December 18 to 31, 2006$32,000 · 2 eventsA state of local emergency now exists in Union County, Florida due to the severe threat of fire to lives and property for the residents of Union County, Florida; and that due to the official drought index and known dry and windy conditions, which continue to cause, exacerbate…
• Drought in Florida, June 1 to 26, 201226 eventsVery heavy rainfall from Tropical Storm Debby at the end of the month helped to end the drought across northwest Florida.
• Drought in Florida, May 1 to 31, 201226 eventsDrought conditions ranged from D2 severe status to D4 exceptional status across the area to start the month. The D4 conditions were confined to the southeast big bend, including portions of Taylor, Lafayette, and Dixie counties.
• Drought in Florida, April 1 to 30, 201226 eventsDrought conditions expanded across the Florida Panhandle and Big Bend during April. By the end of the month, the entire region was in at least D2 severe drought status, and portions of southeast Taylor, Lafayette, and Dixie counties were in D4 exceptional drought status.
• Drought in Florida, December 1 to 31, 202226 eventsD2 drought conditions were present across portions of the Florida panhandle and big bend through December and into January.
• Drought in Florida, November 1 to 30, 202525 eventsNovember started with D2 to D3 drought conditions across most of northwest Florida. By the end of the month, continued below average rainfall worsened conditions to D4 across portions of Jackson, Calhoun, Liberty, Gadsden, Leon, Wakulla, Jefferson, and Madison counties.
• Drought in Florida, August 1 to 31, 201124 eventsAugust started with D2-D3 drought conditions (moderate to severe) across the counties listed. Below average rainfall fell during the month, and D2-D3 drought conditions persisted across the counties listed through the end of the month and into September.
• Drought in Florida, July 1 to 31, 201124 eventsThe month started with exceptional drought conditions (D4) across portions of Walton, Holmes, Washington, Bay, Jackson, Calhoun, extreme northern Liberty, northern Gadsden, extreme northern Leon, extreme northern Jefferson, and extreme northern Madison counties.
• Drought in Florida, June 1 to 30, 202623 eventsExtreme drought (D3) and exceptional drought (D4) conditions across northeast Florida and southeast Georgia gradually improved through the month of June due to the shift to a more typical summertime sea breeze pattern bringing rainfall each day.
• Drought in Florida, February 1 to 29, 201222 eventsD2-D3 drought conditions (severe to extreme) were present across most of northwest Florida through the month of February. Some beneficial rainfall fell near the end of the month with a few areas getting reduced to D1 (moderate) conditions, especially around Walton county.
• Drought in Florida, June 1 to 30, 201121 eventsThe continuing drought worsened this month with all of the counties listed above in at least extreme drought conditions (D3) by the end of the month.
• Drought in Florida, February 1 to 13, 201820 eventsHeavy rain ended the D2 drought across the Florida panhandle and big bend by 2/13/18.
• Drought in Florida, January 9 to 31, 201820 eventsD2 drought conditions developed and expanded across portions of the Florida panhandle and big bend during the week of 1/9/18 and continued into February.
• Drought in Florida, November 1 to 30, 202218 eventsD2 drought covered much of the area in northwest Florida from Tallahassee westward during the entire month of November and continued into December.
• Drought in Florida, December 1 to 31, 202518 eventsPortions of northwest Florida started December with drought conditions ranging from D2-D4 across the area. Beneficial rain fell during the middle of the month, and the D4 drought eased back to D2-D3 across the area through the end of the month.
• Drought in Florida, January 1 to 31, 202618 eventsD2-D3 drought persisted in January and continued into February.
• Wildfire and Drought in Florida, May 1 to 26, 200916 eventsThe winter/spring drought over South Florida intensified during early parts of May, but came to a quick end as copious rainfall fell during the last 2 weeks of the month.

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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.