Historically Florida begins its dry season in October and the long dry lasts until the following June. This October has been exceptional -- in places -- as almost 17.00 inches (431 mm) have already fallen on parts of the central peninsula.
Yeehaw Junction recorded the heaviest rainfall during the October 7-10 unnamed sub-tropical weather event. 16.79" (426.46 mm) fell at one of the Yeehaw Junction recording stations.
Closer to home the highest rain total was at Cape Canaveral, which received 9.94" (252.47 mm) . . . which unfortunately did us no good as most of that rainfall is in a watershed that quickly drains into the Atlantic Ocean or the Indian River Lagoon.
Officially we received 7.33" (186.18 mm) which quickly soaked into the very dry ground.
We're hoping to receive more from the next unnamed tropical system that is forecast to cross the peninsula tonight through Wednesday (forecast graphics below).
The combination of a cold front dropping south and the tropical low moving north should limit strengthening of this system, but it will bring another bout of needed rainfall as we enter the dry season in a year that was exceptionally dry and is forecast to continue drier than normal (due to La Niña).
Read more about the strengthening La Niña at the National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center.
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The complete list of official rainfall amounts as recorded by NOAA (for the Oct. 7-10 event) follows. I've highlighted in red the stations that record rainfall that directly impacts the east central part of the Florida peninsula.
THREE DAY RAINFALL TOTALS THRU 7AM EDT 10/10:
RAINFALL AMOUNT LOCATION
16.79" YEEHAW JUNCTION 8 W (YEHF1)
15.55" 4.8 MI W VERO BEACH (FL-IR-33)
14.82" ** 1.0 MI NE PALM BAY (FL-BV-14)
13.42" YEEHAW JUNCTION WEST (KSAF1)
12.58" 1.5 MI WSW VERO BEACH (FL-IR-15)
12.31" 3.4 MI W VERO BEACH (FL-IR-24)
12.17" PALM BAY REGIONAL PARK (PLBF1)
12.08" 4.3 MI NNW PALM SHORES (FL-BV-20)
11.61" 1.4 MI W PALM SHORES (FL-BV2)
11.53" 2.4 MI W VERO BEACH (FL-IR-6)
11.52" 1 MI W KENANSVILLE (KENF1)
11.49" 2.9 MI NW PALM SHORES (FL-BV-16)
11.26" VERO BEACH AIRPORT (KVRB)
11.00" ** 12.5 MI NNW MELBOURNE (FL-BV-39)
10.23" 2.5 MI S VERO BEACH (FL-IR-27)
10.11" 3.1 MI NNW PALM BAY (FL-BV-5)
10.10" 3.9 MI E UNION PARK (FL-OR-9)
9.99" 2.6 MI SSE PALM BAY (FL-BV-1)
9.97" KISSIMMEE LAKE (KISF1)
9.86" 1.1 WSW ROCKLEDGE (FL-BV-13)
9.94" 0.6 MI ESE CAPE CANAVERAL (FL-BV-12)
9.95" 4 MI SE VERO BEACH (VRBF1)
9.80" 5.2 MI S VERO BEACH (FL-IR-32)
9.49" 2.6 MI WNW COCOA (FL-BV-23)
9.43" 0.9 MI N CHULUOTA (FL-SM-8)
9.41" 2.9 MI SSE UNION PARK (FL-OR-1)
9.39" 9.1 MI N MERRITT ISLAND (FL-BV-36)
9.34" BITHLO 10SSW (WELF1)
9.08" 3.5 MI NW TITUSVILLE (FL-BV-38)
9.03" NWS MELBOURNE (MLBF1)
8.95" TITUSVILLE 8ENE (CTKF1)
8.81" 3.4 MI SSW VERO BEACH SOUTH (FL-IR-31)
8.64" 4.1 MI NE MERRITT ISLAND (FL-BV-32)
8.49" 6.5 MI WNW CAPE CANAVERAL (FL-BV-42)
8.45" 2.4 MI W VERO BEACH (FL-IR-8)
8.34" 3.5 MI SSW VERO BEACH (FL-IR-26)
8.24" 1.7 MI SSE SEBASTIAN (FL-IR-22)
7.95" 1.3 MI E ORLANDO (FL-OR-14)
7.94" 2.0 MI ENE ORLANDO (FL-OR-17)
7.85" 2 MI SW KISSIMMEE (KISF1)
7.83" 9.1 MI WSW DAYTONA BEACH (FL-VL-12)
7.81" 1.2 ENE ORLANDO (FL-OR-13)
7.76" 2.0 MI SSW SEBASTIAN (FL-IR-19)
7.80" MERRITT ISLAND 20N (MRFF1)
7.58" 6.0 MI SSE VERO BEACH (FL-IR-29)
7.54" 2.1 MI ESE WINTER PARK (FL-OR-9)
7.33" ORLANDO SANFORD AIRPORT (KSFB) Closest station to Deltona
7.19" 2.3 MI WNW LONGWOOD (FL-SM-5)
7.11" ORLANDO INT`L AIRPORT (KMCO)
7.04" 1.1 MI NE SEBASTIAN (FL-IR-4)
6.83" 2 MI NNW SCOTTSMOOR (SCMF1)
6.82" 1.8 MI NNW FOREST CITY (FL-SM-15)
6.75" MELBOURNE AIRPORT (KMLB)
6.65" 0.5 MI SW LAKEWOOD PARK (FL-SL-4)
6.39" LAKE MARY 5WNW (LSPF1)
6.27" 3.9 MI NW HOBE SOUND (FL-MT-5)
6.25" FORT PIERCE AIRPORT (KFPR)
6.24" 0.5 MI SSW ORANGE CITY (FL-VL-14)
6.18" 2.5 MI W DEBARY (FL-VL-17)
6.16" 1.5 MI E NEW SMYRNA BEACH (FL-VL-1)
5.80" 5 MI NNE SANFORD (SFNF1)
5.67" LAKE LOUISA STATE PARK (CLRF1)
5.39" 4.5 MI NW DELAND (FL-VL-3)
5.32" WINDERMERE (ORWF1)
5.15" 0.2 MI WSW MOUNT PLYMOUTH (FL-LK-5)
5.13" LORIDA EAST (KREF1)
5.04" 1 MI SSE DELAND (DELF1)
4.97" 2.4 MI N PORT ST LUCIE (FL-SL-22)
4.95" 3.2 MI N PORT ST LUCIE (FL-SL-2)
4.93" 1 MI NW TITUSVILLE (TITF1)
4.92" 3 MI N PLYMOUTH (PLTF1)
4.79" CARLTON 4N (TMWF1)
4.54" FORT PIERCE 8W (NCSF1)
4.36" 1 MI SSW DAYTONA BEACH (DIAF1)
4.35" 5 MI W PORT SALERNO (PTSF1)
4.34" 4.0 MI NE PORT ST LUCIE (FL-SL-19)
4.33" DAYTONA BEACH AIRPORT (KDAB)
4.00" 4.3 MI SSW CLERMONT (FL-LK-15)
3.99" 1 MI N STUART (STRF1)
3.83" 1.0 MI ESE STUART (FL-MT-18)
3.77" 4.0 MI SW PALM CITY (FL-MT-1)
3.57" 1.2 MI SE EUSTIS (FL-LK-2)
3.48" 2 MI NW FORT PIERCE (FPCF1)
3.45" PIERSON 2WSW (LGRF1)
3.85" 3.6 MI E CLERMONT (FL-LK-14)
3.38" 0.4 MI SW CLERMONT (FL-LK-10)
3.22" 2.4 MI SSW PORT ST LUCIE (FL-SL-13)
2.90" NETTLES ISLAND (NETF1)
2.84" 1 MI S LISBON (LSBF1)
2.68" 1.7 MI E GROVELAND (FL-LK-3)
2.44" LEESBURG AIRPORT (KLEE)
2.10" 1 MI NW OKEECHOBEE (OKIF1)
** 2 DAY RAINFALL TOTAL
The October 7-10 event also produced some strong winds, well in excess of tropical storm force. The strongest winds were recorded along the coast just north of Cape Canaveral, at Playalinda Beach.
TOP 5 PEAK WIND GUSTS (ALL FROM 10/9):
SPEED(MPH) LOCATION TIME(EDT) SOURCE
81 2 MI SSE PLAYALINDA BEACH 1020PM USAF 60FT TOWER
78 3 MI SE PLAYALINDA BEACH 1020PM USAF 60FT TOWER
75 3 MI E HAULOVER CANAL 1030PM USAF 54FT TOWER
75 2 MI SSE PLAYALINDA BEACH 945PM USAF 60FT TOWER
69 3 MI SSE PLAYALINDA BEACH 945PM USAF 60FT TOWER
SELECT PEAK WIND GUSTS (FROM 10/9 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED):
SPEED(MPH) LOCATION TIME(EDT)
60 PATRICK AIRFORCE BASE (KCOF) 638PM
55 NEW SMYRNA BEACH AIRPORT (KEVB) 647PM
55 TITUSVILLE AIRPORT (KTIX) 713PM
54 MELBOURNE AIRPORT (KMLB) 534PM
52 VERO BEACH AIRPORT (KVRB) 628PM
51 DAYTONA BEACH AIRPORT (KDAB) 4X BEGINNING 856PM
46 FORT PIERCE AIRPORT (KFPR) 1101PM(10/8),303AM(10/9)
46 WITHAM FIELD AIRPORT (KSUA) 555PM (10/8)
40 ORLANDO INT`L AIRPORT (KMCO) 207PM
40 ORLANDO EXEC AIRPORT (KORL) 222PM
39 ORLANDO SANFORD AIRPORT (KSFB) 541PM
35 LEESBURG AIRPORT (KLEE) 152PM
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