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This is also the highest known point storm total maximum related to any tropical cyclone which has impacted Florida, [21] and by itself would be the highest known rainfall total for any month from any location within Florida. This rainfall amount remained the national 24-hour rainfall record until Tropical Storm Claudette (1979). [22]
On June 12, various places in Sarasota County, just south of Tampa Bay, recorded 24 hour rainfall totals of 6–10 in (150–250 mm). [20] Rainfall of this magnitude can be expected to hit this area once every 500 to 1000 years. [21] Farther south, Fort Myers recorded 5.44 in (138 mm) of rain, the most recorded there in a 24 hour span. [22]
Most of this rainfall occurs from mid-May through early October. Miami has an average annual rainfall of 61.9 inches (1,570 mm), whereas nearby Fort Lauderdale and Miami Beach receive 66.5 inches (1,690 mm) and 51.7 inches (1,310 mm), respectively, which demonstrates the high local variability in rainfall rates. [6]
In May, West Palm Beach got just 1.18 inches of rain, which is a deficit of 3.73 inches for the month. That made May the eighth driest in 130 years of records kept for West Palm Beach.
A city on Florida's west coast was hit by a record-breaking 8 inches of rain in just three hours on Tuesday evening, bringing flash floods to the area, hindering drivers and delaying hundreds of ...
Unofficial Florida rainfall reports from April 12, 2023. ... "April is still considered the dry season in southern Florida with Fort Lauderdale averaging only 3.70 inches of rain for the month of ...
The outer bands of the storm drop over 7 inches (180 mm) of rain along the Florida Panhandle, [43] resulting in very minor damage. [44] August 13, 1988- Tropical Depression Four makes landfall in extreme northeastern Florida, producing light to moderate rainfall throughout the entire state peaking at 7.72 inches (196 mm) in Homestead. [45]
“The heaviest rainfall has concluded.” The no-name storm system pushed across Florida from the Gulf of Mexico at roughly the same time as the early June start of hurricane season, which this year is forecast to be among the most active in recent memory amid concerns that climate change is increasing storm intensity.