ASK AMY #4 - What Is The Central Florida Rainy Season?

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The wet season in Central Florida lasts an average of five months. It generally begins in late May and runs through mid-October.

It’s exactly what its name indicates: Wet!61% of our total annual rainfall is received during these five months.

There really isn’t a definitive start date or time, but there are a few signals that alert us to the fact that the rainy season may be beginning:

1. Cold fronts stop moving through Central Florida2. Frequent (almost daily) showers and/or thunderstorms form, mainly along sea breeze collisions3. The low temperature and dew point temperature is consistently 67-70°

Forecasters at the National Weather Service office in Melbourne, Florida make the official “call” of when the wet season has begun for Central Florida. They usually wait a few days, or sometimes weeks, after we “think” the season has started before determining the official start date for that year.

On average, the rainy season begins in Orlando on May 27 and in Daytona Beach on May 29. However, it has started as early as May 5 in Orlando, and as late as early July in Daytona Beach.

About Amy Sweezey

Amy Sweezey is an award-winning meteorologist, author, and public speaker. She spent nearly 30 years in full-time broadcast news before leaving in 2020 to pursue her “What’s Next.” She now focuses on .public speaking and providing media services for various companies worldwide.

As Founder and CEO of Social Weather, LLC, Amy’s portfolio includes Carnival Cruise Line, Growing Bolder, Convention News Television, and nationwide local affiliates of ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, and Spectrum News.

Amy has authored two children’s books about weather, one fiction, and one nonfiction, and created two weather workbooks for elementary school students based on Florida’s state standards for science and weather. Amy was chosen from dozens of applicants to share her story, Reinvention at Any Age, at TEDxEustis 2024. She lives in Central Florida with her husband and three children.

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