Drought — Metro Palm Beach County, Florida

2025-05-01 to 2025-05-31 · Metro Palm Beach County, Florida

Event narrative

Most of metro Palm Beach County began the month of May in a severe (D2) to extreme (D3) drought which lingered until rainfall activity mid month allowed slight improvement to moderate (D1) to severe (D2) drought.

Wider weather episode

Prolonged periods of dry weather across much of South Florida during the winter and spring months led to the drought conditions entering May with rainfall during the month allowing conditions to slowly improve.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1268575. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.