Drought — Hendry, Florida

2023-04-01 to 2023-04-30 · Hendry, Florida

Event narrative

Lack of significant rainfall over the previous 3 months led to the continuation of extreme drought (D3) conditions over most of Hendry County in the beginning of April. Less than 3 inches of rain was measured in many areas from January 1st through March 31st. This was approximately 25% of the normal value for that time period. Increasing rainfall during the second and third weeks of April led to conditions improving to severe drought (D2) conditions, with further improvement to moderate (D1) drought over the eastern two-thirds of the county by April 18th. A total of 4-6 of rain fell throughout the month. A burn ban remained in place for all of Hendry County through the month of April.

Wider weather episode

Prolonged dry conditions over SW Florida led to continued severe (D2) to extreme drought (D3) conditions over a majority of Collier, Hendry, and Glades counties in April 2023.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1094890. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.