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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1020 PM EST SUN JAN 4 2026
..DECEMBER 2025 WEATHER SUMMARY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
SEVERAL COLD FRONTS WERE ABLE TO PUSH THROUGH THE AREA DURING
DECEMBER ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA, BUT THEY TYPICALLY PRODUCED
ONLY BRIEF AND MINOR COOL-DOWNS. THE ONE EXCEPTION WAS WITH A STRONG
COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH EARLY ON THE 30TH, LEADING TO MUCH
COLDER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES THE LAST COUPLE DAYS OF THE MONTH.
HOWEVER, EVEN WITH THIS COLD SNAP, NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES
DOMINATED FOR MUCH OF DECEMBER, WITH MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES
AROUND 1 TO 2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. RAINFALL WAS LIMITED MUCH OF THE
MONTH, WITH THE MAJORITY OF PRECIPITATION OCCURRING FROM THE 6TH
THROUGH THE 8TH, AS SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS DEVELOPED WITH A
LINGERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE STATE. THE RAINFALL THIS
ACTIVITY PRODUCED WAS ENOUGH TO PRODUCE NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL
PRECIPITATION FOR DECEMBER FROM SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY EASTWARD
THROUGH THE ORLANDO METRO AREA AND EASTWARD TOWARD THE CAPE WHERE UP
TO 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. ELSEWHERE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA, CONDITIONS GENERALLY ENDED UP DRIER THAN NORMAL.
..TEMPERATURES
DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES GENERALLY STAYED WARMER THAN NORMAL FOR
THE FIRST SEVERAL DAYS OF DECEMBER DESPITE A COUPLE WEAK COLD
FRONTAL PASSAGES. HIGHS WERE TYPICALLY IN THE MID-70S TO MID-80S,
WITH LOWS IN THE 50S AND 60S. A FEW COLD FRONTS THEN PUSHED THROUGH
THE AREA EARLY ON THE 8TH AND 11TH AND LATE ON THE 14TH, WHICH KEPT
TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL THROUGH THIS TIME FRAME.
HIGHS FELL TO THE 60S AT TIMES AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES DROPPED AS
LOW AS THE 40S SOME MORNINGS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH.
TEMPERATURES THEN GENERALLY REMAINED NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL FOR MUCH
OF THE REST OF DECEMBER, WITH HIGHS MOSTLY RANGING FROM THE MID-70S
TO LOW 80S, AND LOWS AGAIN IN THE 50S AND 60S. HOWEVER, A STRONG
COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION EARLY ON THE 30TH, LEADING TO
SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO END THE MONTH.
HIGHS FELL TO THE 50S AND 60S ON THE LAST TWO DAYS OF THE MONTH,
WITH LOW TEMPERATURES ON THE MORNING OF NEW YEAR'S EVE IN THE 30S
FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. SOME LOCATIONS NORTHWEST OF I-4 AND ACROSS
RURAL AREAS SOUTH OF ORLANDO EVEN DROPPED BELOW FREEZING! WHILE
THESE CHILLY MORNING TEMPERATURES DIDN'T BREAK ANY RECORDS FOR THE
DAY, IT WAS THE COLDEST NEW YEAR'S EVE MORNING SINCE 2000, WHICH FOR
SOME LOCATIONS WAS WHEN THE LOWEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE
SET FOR DECEMBER 31ST.
THE COLD SNAP AT THE END OF THE MONTH WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO DROP
MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES BY A FULL DEGREE. HOWEVER, WITH WARMER
THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS LARGELY DOMINATING, AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR
DECEMBER AT MOST SITES WERE STILL ABOVE NORMAL BY 1 TO 2 DEGREES.
DAILY RECORD TEMPERATURES FOR THE MONTH:
DAYTONA BEACH:
- NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS SET OR TIED.
LEESBURG:
- NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS SET OR TIED.
SANFORD:
- NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS SET OR TIED.
ORLANDO:
- NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS SET OR TIED.
MELBOURNE:
- NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS SET OR TIED.
VERO BEACH:
- NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS SET OR TIED.
FORT PIERCE:
- NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS SET OR TIED.
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR DECEMBER 2025 AT THE PRIMARY CLIMATE SITES
ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ARE AS FOLLOWS (RANKINGS PROVIDED IF IN
THE TOP 10):
- DAYTONA BEACH HAD A MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 63.1 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT, WHICH WAS 1.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
- LEESBURG HAD A MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 63.0 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT, WHICH WAS 0.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
- SANFORD HAD A MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 64.8 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT, WHICH WAS 1.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
- ORLANDO HAD A MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 65.5 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT, WHICH WAS 2.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
- MELBOURNE HAD A MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 66.6 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT, WHICH WAS 1.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
- VERO BEACH HAD A MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 66.8 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT, WHICH WAS 1.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
- FORT PIERCE HAD A MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 66.5 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT, WHICH WAS 1.0 DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL.
..RAINFALL
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPED ON THE 2ND AHEAD OF A
PASSING WEAK COLD FRONT, BUT OTHERWISE MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS LARGELY
PREVAILED AT THE START OF DECEMBER. ANOTHER FRONT MOVED INTO THE
AREA ON THE 6TH AND LINGERED ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA FOR A FEW
DAYS. THIS LED TO A WETTER PATTERN, WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND STORMS DEVELOPING, ESPECIALLY INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING OF THE 7TH AND CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY ON THE 8TH.
GREATEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS, UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES, FELL ACROSS SOUTHERN
LAKE COUNTY AND NORTHWEST OSCEOLA COUNTY EASTWARD THROUGH ORANGE,
SEMINOLE AND NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTIES. ELSEWHERE, RAINFALL TOTALS
FROM THIS ACTIVITY WERE AROUND 1 TO 1.5 INCHES, EXCEPT ACROSS
OKEECHOBEE COUNTY AND THE TREASURE COAST WHERE AMOUNTS WERE AROUND A
HALF AN INCH OR LESS. DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS WERE SET ON THE 7TH AT
LEESBURG, SANFORD AND ORLANDO. BEYOND THIS, RAINFALL WAS QUITE
LIMITED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH, WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS THAT MOSTLY PRODUCED LIGHT RAINFALL
AMOUNTS DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH.
THE MAJORITY OF RAINFALL (UP TO 90-99%) FOR DECEMBER OCCURRED FROM
THE SHOWERS AND STORMS THAT DEVELOPED ACROSS THE REGION FROM THE 6TH
THROUGH THE 8TH. AREAS THAT SAW THE HIGHER TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES
FROM SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY EASTWARD THROUGH THE ORLANDO METRO AREA
AND TOWARD THE CAPE HAD NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH,
WITH MANY LOCATIONS ELSEWHERE ENDING UP WITH RAINFALL THAT WAS 1 TO
2 INCHES BELOW NORMAL FOR DECEMBER. THE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER STATION
AT STUART ONLY RECEIVED 0.32 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH,
WHICH RANKED AS THE 6TH DRIEST DECEMBER ON RECORD AT THIS SITE.
DAILY RECORD RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH:
DAYTONA BEACH:
- NO DAILY RECORD RAINFALL VALUES SET OR TIED.
LEESBURG:
- DECEMBER 7TH: RECORD RAINFALL OF 1.00 INCH. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS
0.71 INCHES SET IN 1973.
SANFORD:
- DECEMBER 7TH: RECORD RAINFALL OF 1.38 INCHES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS
0.76 INCHES SET IN 1983.
ORLANDO:
- DECEMBER 7TH: RECORD RAINFALL OF 2.66 INCHES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS
1.46 INCHES SET IN 1996.
MELBOURNE:
- NO DAILY RECORD RAINFALL VALUES SET OR TIED.
VERO BEACH:
- NO DAILY RECORD RAINFALL VALUES SET OR TIED.
FORT PIERCE:
- NO DAILY RECORD RAINFALL VALUES SET OR TIED.
DECEMBER 2025 RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THE PRIMARY CLIMATE SITES ACROSS EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA ARE AS FOLLOWS (RANKING PROVIDED IF IN THE TOP 10):
- DAYTONA BEACH RECEIVED 1.25 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH, WHICH
WAS 1.09 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
- LEESBURG RECEIVED 1.34 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH, WHICH WAS
0.83 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
- SANFORD RECEIVED 1.65 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH, WHICH WAS 0.59
INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
- ORLANDO RECEIVED 3.13 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH, WHICH WAS 0.65
INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
- MELBOURNE RECEIVED 1.28 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH, WHICH WAS
1.08 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
- VERO BEACH RECEIVED 0.72 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH, WHICH WAS
1.82 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
- FORT PIERCE RECEIVED 0.66 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH, WHICH WAS
1.67 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER STATION RAINFALL RANKINGS (NOTE: THESE TOTALS
FOR DECEMBER END AROUND 7 AM ON THE 31ST):
- STUART RECEIVED 0.32 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH, WHICH RANKS AS
THE 6TH DRIEST DECEMBER ON RECORD FOR THIS SITE, WITH RECORDS DATING
BACK TO 1935.
BELOW IS A LIST OF OBSERVED PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND RAINFALL
STATISTICS FOR SELECT SITES ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FOR DECEMBER
2025:
STATION DECEMBER 2025 NORMAL DEPARTURE PERCENT OF
RAINFALL RAINFALL FROM NORMAL NORMAL
DAYTONA BEACH 1.25" 2.34" -1.09" 53%
(DAB)
ORLANDO 3.13" 2.48" +0.65" 126%
(MCO)
MELBOURNE 1.28" 2.36" -1.08" 54%
(MLB)
VERO BEACH 0.72" 2.54" -1.82" 28%
(VRB)
CLERMONT* 4.25" 2.79" +1.46" 152%
(CLRF1)
LEESBURG 1.34" 2.17" -0.83" 62%
(LEE)
DELAND* 1.32" 2.65" -1.33" 50%
(DELF1)
SANFORD 1.65" 2.24" -0.59" 74%
(SFB)
TITUSVILLE* 3.57" 2.35" +1.22" 152%
(TITF1)
FORT PIERCE 0.66" 2.33" -1.67" 28%
(FPR)
STUART* 0.32" 3.21" -2.89" 10%
(STRF1)
*RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THE MONTH END AROUND 7 AM ON THE 31ST.
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