Drought — Metropolitan Miami-dade, Florida

2026-01-13 to 2026-01-31 · Metropolitan Miami-dade, Florida

Event narrative

A severe (D2) drought developed over metropolitan Miami-Dade County at the beginning to middle of January.

Wider weather episode

A continued lack of rainfall allowed pre-existing drought conditions to worsen in the month of January with much of South Florida entering a severe drought.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1313639. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.