Drought in Coastal Collier County, Florida

Drought April 1, 2017 – April 30, 2017 · Coastal Collier County, Florida

What the National Weather Service wrote

Severe drought (D2) conditions expanded across all of Coastal Collier County as the month progressed. Total monthly rainfall ranged between 1 and 2 inches. A burn ban was in effect for the entire county.

The wider storm

Continued dry weather and below normal precipitation going back to late 2016 led to severe drought conditions across Southwest Florida. A total of 136 new fires were reported by the Florida Forest Service, resulting in 19,543 acres burned. Crop production slowed as a result of the very dry conditions.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 695150. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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