Drought in Coastal Duval, Florida

Drought February 10, 2026 – February 28, 2026 · Coastal Duval, Florida

What the National Weather Service wrote

Continued lack of rainfall combined with hard freeze events resulted in worsening drought conditions into Extreme (D3) with the February 10th drought monitor update, continuing through the rest of the Month of February.

The wider storm

Below normal rainfall as well as multiple hard freezes inland continued during the month of February, persisting extreme drought (D3) conditions for the same areas as January, and also upgrading some severe drought zones (D2) to extreme drought (D3). Severe to extreme drought conditions combined with dried available fuels resulted in numerous wildfires developing across northeast Florida.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1311232. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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