Florida Rain Will Bring Drought Relief, But It Could Be Too Much For Some | Weather.com
The article reports on impending rainfall in Florida, discussing both the drought relief and potential flood risks. It details the timing, geographic distribution, and historical context of the drought, citing meteorologist Rob Shackelford as an expert source.
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“Florida could see rounds of rain this week, bringing some much needed relief to parts of the drought-stricken state.”
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“The first round of rain is expected to ramp up Monday and Tuesday, as a cold front will eventually stall out over the state.”
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— April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 272 days remain until the end of the year.
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— Hurricane Debby was a slow-moving, erratic, and destructive tropical cyclone that caused widespread and severe flooding across the Eastern United States and portions of Eastern Canada, becoming the co…
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— Hurricane Dorian was an extremely powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone, which became the most intense on record to strike the Bahamas. It is tied with the 1935 Labor Day hurricane and Hurricane …
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“It will get enhanced by an upper level disturbance, bringing rainfall across much of the state.”
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“Wednesday will see a slight lull before another surge of moisture is expected Thursday.”
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“The majority of the rain will wrap up by Friday, so any weekend plans won’t be impacted.”
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“The heaviest is expected across the eastern coastline of Florida through Friday. Widespread totals over 3 inches are expected, but should slow-moving storms move over the same areas, we could see isolated totals over 5 inches.”
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“Across the southern portion of the state, including Miami, totals of 1-3 inches are expected.”
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“The northern part of the state, including Jacksonville, and the Florida Panhandle, including Tallahassee, could see around an inch.”
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— The U.S. state of Florida is serviced with twenty-three telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP).
239: Southwest coast: all of Lee County, Collier County, mainland Monroe Coun…
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— It is rare for snow to fall in the U.S. state of Florida, especially in the central and southern portions of the state. With the exception of the far northern areas of the state, most of the major cit…
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— Current time for most counties: 20:51, April 5, 2026 EDT [refresh]
Current time for some panhandle counties: 19:51, April 5, 2026 CDT [refresh]
Most of Florida is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC−05:00…
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“Florida is in one of its worst droughts this century. The state is in the highest extreme drought, or a D3 of 4, in over the last 25 years, according to the US Drought Monitor.”
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— The 2016 New York Drought was by some measures the worst drought to affect Western New York and parts of the Finger Lakes Region and Southern Tier on record. By the middle of July, the percent of the …
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— The Tournament of Champions, currently titled as The Sentry, is the calendar-year opening tournament of golf's PGA Tour season, played in Hawaii on the island of Maui. The tournament was founded in 19…
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“Note that in January 2000 and December 2011, there was a higher amount of the exceptional drought, or a D4 of 4.”
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“Tallahassee, Florida, has only seen 6.50 inches of rainfall this year. Their average year to date is more than double this at 14.60 inches.”
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“Rob Shackelford is a meteorologist and climate scientist at weather.com. He received his undergraduate and master’s degrees from the University of Georgia studying meteorology and experimenting with alternative hurricane forecasting tools.”
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