Drought — Far South Miami-dade County, Florida

2023-04-01 to 2023-04-18 · Far South Miami-dade County, Florida

Event narrative

Lack of significant rainfall over the previous 3 months led to the continuation of severe drought (D2) conditions over far south Miami-Dade County in the beginning of April. About 2 to 3 inches of rain was measured in many areas from January 1st through March 31st. This was approximately 25 to 50% of the normal value for that time period. Increasing rainfall associated with cold fronts and upper air disturbances during the second and third weeks of April led to conditions improving to moderate drought (D1) conditions by April 18th.

Wider weather episode

Significantly drier than normal conditions since the winter months lingered into the first half of April.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1097586. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.