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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
555 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2025
...MAY 2025 WAS MUCH WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL ACROSS EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA...
ANY FRONTAL PASSAGES DURING MAY WERE WEAK, WITH WARMER THAN NORMAL
CONDITIONS PREVAILING, ESPECIALLY AROUND MID-MONTH AS A STRONG RIDGE
ALOFT LED TO VERY HOT AND OVERALL DRY CONDITIONS. MONTHLY AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES ENDED UP AROUND 2 TO 3 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL, WITH
MAY 2025 RANKING IN THE TOP 5 WARMEST FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE
PRIMARY CLIMATE SITES ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. DESPITE A
PROLONGED STRETCH OF DRIER WEATHER FROM THE 13TH THROUGH 21ST,
RAINFALL FOR MAY WAS ABOVE TO WELL ABOVE NORMAL FOR MUCH OF THE
AREA. THIS WAS DUE TO INCREASES IN SHOWERS AND STORMS FROM A
LINGERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH AND
THE ONSET OF THE WET SEASON TOWARD THE END OF MAY. GREATEST RAINFALL
OCCURRED ALONG TO JUST EAST OF THE I-4 CORRIDOR, WITH TOTALS ENDING
UP 5-10 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH ACROSS THIS REGION.
NOTABLY, ORLANDO HAD THEIR 2ND WETTEST MAY ON RECORD AND SANFORD HAD
THEIR 3RD WETTEST MAY ON RECORD.
..TEMPERATURES
TEMPERATURES STARTED OFF NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL FOR MAY, WITH HIGHS
GENERALLY IN THE 80S TO LOW 90S FOR THE FIRST SEVERAL DAYS OF THE
MONTH. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND STORMS AND CLOUDY CONDITIONS MOVED
THROUGH THE REGION ON THE 12TH AHEAD OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE
GULF, WHICH KEPT HIGHS COOLER THAN NORMAL, RANGING FROM THE MID 70S
TO LOW 80S. IN FACT, SANFORD TIED THEIR RECORD COOL HIGH THAT DAY,
WITH A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 77 DEGREES. THIS WAS THE ONLY
SIGNIFICANT BREAK FROM THE HEAT FOR THE MONTH, HOWEVER, AS
TEMPERATURES THEN QUICKLY CLIMBED THROUGH MID-MONTH. A STRONG RIDGE
OVER THE GULF EXPANDED EASTWARD ACROSS FLORIDA, LEADING TO HOT AND
MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS FOR SEVERAL DAYS THEREAFTER, WITH HIGHS
RANGING FROM THE LOW TO MID 90S ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. SEVERAL
RECORD HIGHS AND WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE TIED OR BROKEN
ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE 16TH THROUGH THE 22ND. WHILE A WEAK FRONT
DID MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON THE 22ND, TEMPERATURES STILL REMAINED
ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF MAY, WITH HIGHS OFTEN
IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S AT THE COAST AND STILL REACHING THE LOW
TO MID 90S MOST DAYS OVER THE INTERIOR.
THE DOMINANT WARMTH DURING THE MONTH LED TO AVERAGE TEMPERATURES
THAT WERE AROUND 2 TO 3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR MAY. FOR MOST
PRIMARY CLIMATE SITES, MAY 2025 RANKED WITHIN THE TOP 5 WARMEST MAYS
ON RECORD, EXCEPT AT FORT PIERCE WHERE IT WAS 7TH WARMEST. IN FACT,
FOR ORLANDO, SANFORD, MELBOURNE AND VERO BEACH, IT WAS THE 2ND
WARMEST MAY ON RECORD, FALLING BEHIND THEIR WARMEST MAY ON RECORD
THAT WAS SET JUST LAST YEAR!
DAILY RECORD TEMPERATURES FOR THE MONTH:
DAYTONA BEACH:
- MAY 11TH: RECORD WARM LOW OF 74 DEGREES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 73
DEGREES LAST SET IN 2014.
- MAY 16TH: RECORD HIGH OF 96 DEGREES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 94
DEGREES LAST SET IN 1994.
- MAY 17TH: TIED RECORD HIGH OF 95 DEGREES LAST SET IN 1963.
LEESBURG:
- MAY 20TH: TIED RECORD HIGH OF 95 DEGREES LAST SET IN 2017.
- MAY 22ND: RECORD WARM LOW OF 76 DEGREES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 75
DEGREES LAST SET IN 2015.
- MAY 24TH: TIED RECORD HIGH OF 95 DEGREES LAST SET IN 2014.
SANFORD:
- MAY 12TH: TIED RECORD COOL HIGH OF 77 DEGREES LAST SET IN 2018.
- MAY 20TH: RECORD HIGH OF 96 DEGREES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 95
DEGREES LAST SET IN 2017. ALSO, SET RECORD WARM LOW OF OF 75
DEGREES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 74 DEGREES LAST SET IN 2017.
- MAY 21ST: TIED RECORD WARM LOW OF 73 DEGREES LAST SET IN 2019.
- MAY 22ND: TIED RECORD WARM LOW OF 75 DEGREES LAST SET IN 2015.
- MAY 26TH: TIED RECORD WARM LOW OF 74 DEGREES LAST SET IN 2015.
ORLANDO:
- MAY 18TH: TIED RECORD WARM LOW OF 74 DEGREES LAST SET IN 2022.
- MAY 21ST: TIED RECORD WARM LOW OF 73 DEGREES LAST SET IN 2023.
MELBOURNE:
- MAY 7TH: TIED RECORD WARM LOW OF 73 DEGREES LAST SET IN 2023.
- MAY 21ST: TIED RECORD HIGH OF 96 DEGREES LAST SET IN 1998.
VERO BEACH:
- MAY 11TH: RECORD WARM LOW OF 77 DEGREES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 76
DEGREES LAST SET IN 2002.
- MAY 20TH: RECORD HIGH OF 94 DEGREES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 93
DEGREES LAST SET IN 2020.
- MAY 21ST: RECORD HIGH OF 96 DEGREES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 95
DEGREES LAST SET IN 2015.
- MAY 30TH: TIED RECORD WARM LOW OF 77 DEGREES LAST SET IN 2013.
FORT PIERCE:
- MAY 11TH: RECORD WARM LOW OF 77 DEGREES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 76
DEGREES LAST SET IN 1943.
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR MAY 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 78.7 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT, WHICH WAS 3.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS TIES MAY 1933
AS THE 3RD WARMEST MAY ON RECORD FOR THIS SITE, WITH RECORDS DATING
BACK TO 1923.
- LEESBURG HAD A MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 79.9 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT, WHICH WAS 2.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS TIES MAY 1991
AS THE 5TH WARMEST MAY ON RECORD FOR THIS SITE, WITH RECORDS DATING
BACK TO 1958.
- SANFORD HAD A MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 80.4 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT, WHICH WAS 2.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE
2ND WARMEST MAY ON RECORD FOR THIS SITE, WITH RECORDS DATING BACK TO
1948.
- ORLANDO HAD A MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 80.6 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT, WHICH WAS 3.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS TIES MAY 1915
AS THE 2ND WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD FOR THIS SITE, WITH RECORDS
DATING BACK TO 1892.
- MELBOURNE HAD A MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 79.9 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT, WHICH WAS 3.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE
2ND WARMEST MAY ON RECORD FOR THIS SITE, WITH RECORDS DATING BACK TO
1937.
- VERO BEACH HAD A MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 79.8 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT, WHICH WAS 3.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE
2ND WARMEST MAY ON RECORD FOR THIS SITE, WITH RECORDS DATING BACK TO
1942.
- FORT PIERCE HAD A MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 78.8 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT, WHICH WAS 2.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE
7TH WARMEST MAY ON RECORD FOR THIS SITE, WITH RECORDS DATING BACK TO
1901.
..RAINFALL
THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF MAY WERE MOSTLY DRY, WITH JUST ISOLATED
SHOWERS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION ON THE 2ND AND 3RD. A FRONT
MOVED INTO NORTH FLORIDA ON THE 4TH STALLING NEAR TO JUST NORTH OF
THE AREA THROUGH THE 7TH. THIS LED TO AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE AND
SHOWER AND STORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA, WITH SOME
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS DEVELOPING. NOTABLY ON THE 5TH, LARGE HAIL
UP TO 1-2 INCHES IN DIAMETER OCCURRED WITH SOME STORMS, ESPECIALLY
ALONG THE TREASURE COAST IN THE VERO BEACH AND FORT PIERCE AREAS.
THE FRONT LIFTED BACK NORTH ON THE 8TH, BUT LINGERED ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST U.S., WITH AN ACTIVE PERIOD OF DAILY SHOWERS AND STORMS
CONTINUING THROUGH THE 12TH. OVERALL, FROM THE 4TH THROUGH THE 12TH,
RAINFALL TOTALS WERE HIGHEST NEAR TO JUST EAST OF THE I-4 CORRIDOR,
WITH TOTALS AROUND 5-8 INCHES. ELSEWHERE, TOTALS WERE CLOSER TO 1-4
INCHES ACROSS THE AREA. HEAVIEST AND MOST WIDESPREAD RAINFALL DURING
THIS PERIOD OCCURRED AHEAD OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE GULF ON THE
12TH, WITH DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS BEING SET AT DAYTONA BEACH,
SANFORD, ORLANDO AND FORT PIERCE.
FROM THE 13TH THROUGH THE 21ST, MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS OCCURRED
ACROSS THE AREA AS A STRONG RIDGE ALOFT EXTENDED EASTWARD OVER
FLORIDA, SUPPRESSING SHOWER AND STORM DEVELOPMENT. A WEAK FRONT THEN
MOVED INTO THE AREA AND STALLED NEAR LAKE OKEECHOBEE ON THE 22ND,
LEADING TO AN INCREASE IN SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS OKEECHOBEE
COUNTY AND THE TREASURE COAST. THEN FROM THE 24TH ONWARD ANOTHER
FRONT STALLED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST U.S., WITH MOISTURE INCREASING
AND ALLOWING THE WET SEASON TO SETTLE IN AS SEA BREEZE GENERATED
SHOWERS AND STORMS DEVELOPED EACH DAY THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH.
RAINFALL TOTALS FROM THE 24TH THROUGH THE 31ST WERE GREATEST FROM
BREVARD AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES NORTHWARD WHERE UP TO 2-4 INCHES FELL,
LOCALLY UP TO 5-10 INCHES IN SPOTS, AND WERE CLOSER TO 1-2 INCHES,
LOCALLY UP TO 3-5 INCHES ACROSS OKEECHOBEE COUNTY AND THE TREASURE
COAST.
THE RAINFALL DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH AND TOWARD THE END
OF THE MONTH (ONCE THE WET SEASON KICKED IN) LED TO OVERALL
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS FOR MAY THAT WERE ABOVE TO WELL ABOVE NORMAL
FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WERE FOCUSED ALONG TO JUST
EAST OF I-4, WHERE UP TO 8-13 INCHES OCCURRED, WHICH WAS UP TO 5-10
INCHES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. ELSEWHERE, TOTALS WERE CLOSER TO
4-7 INCHES, WHICH WERE EITHER NEAR OR ABOVE NORMAL BY 1-3 INCHES.
HOWEVER, THERE WERE LIMITED SPOTS, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE IMMEDIATE
COAST, SOUTH OF THE CAPE THAT SAW LESS RAINFALL, SUCH AS VERO BEACH,
WHICH ONLY HAD A LITTLE OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN DURING MAY, WHICH WAS
AROUND 2 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. NOTABLY, IT WAS THE 2ND WETTEST MAY ON
RECORD AT ORLANDO WITH 13.18 INCHES OCCURRING AT THIS SITE (ONE OF
THE HIGHEST OBSERVED ACROSS THE AREA) AND 3RD WETTEST AT SANFORD
WHERE 8.96 INCHES OF RAIN FELL.
DAILY RECORD RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH:
DAYTONA BEACH:
- MAY 12TH: RECORD RAINFALL OF 2.20 INCHES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 0.67
INCHES SET IN 1976.
LEESBURG:
- NO DAILY RECORD RAINFALL VALUES SET OR TIED.
SANFORD:
- MAY 7TH: RECORD RAINFALL OF 0.82 INCHES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 0.72
INCHES SET IN 1956.
- MAY 12TH: RECORD RAINFALL OF 3.56 INCHES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 1.17
INCHES SET IN 1974.
ORLANDO:
- MAY 12TH: RECORD RAINFALL OF 3.65 INCHES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 2.66
INCHES SET IN 1976.
MELBOURNE:
- NO DAILY RECORD RAINFALL VALUES SET OR TIED.
VERO BEACH:
- NO DAILY RECORD RAINFALL VALUES SET OR TIED.
FORT PIERCE:
- MAY 12TH: RECORD RAINFALL OF 1.52 INCHES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 1.25
INCHES SET IN 1912.
MAY 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 6.45 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH, WHICH
WAS 2.76 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
- LEESBURG RECEIVED 5.75 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH, WHICH WAS
3.07 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
- SANFORD RECEIVED 8.96 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH, WHICH WAS 5.65
INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 3RD WETTEST MAY ON RECORD FOR
THIS SITE, WITH RECORDS DATING BACK TO 1948.
- ORLANDO RECEIVED 13.18 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH, WHICH WAS
9.16 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 2ND WETTEST MAY ON
RECORD FOR THIS SITE, WITH RECORDS DATING BACK TO 1892.
- MELBOURNE RECEIVED 4.43 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH, WHICH WAS
0.90 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
- VERO BEACH RECEIVED 2.08 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH, WHICH WAS
2.12 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
- FORT PIERCE RECEIVED 4.16 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH, WHICH WAS
0.23 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER STATION RAINFALL RANKINGS (NOTE: THESE TOTALS
FOR MAY END AROUND 7 AM ON THE 31ST):
- TITUSVILLE RECEIVED 8.74 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH, WHICH RANKS
AS THE 6TH WETTEST MAY ON RECORD FOR THIS SITE, WITH RECORDS GOING
BACK TO 1901.
BELOW IS A LIST OF OBSERVED PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND RAINFALL
STATISTICS FOR SELECT SITES ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FOR MAY 2025:
STATION MAY 2025 NORMAL DEPARTURE PERCENT OF
RAINFALL RAINFALL FROM NORMAL NORMAL
DAYTONA BEACH 6.45 3.69 +2.76 175%
(DAB)
ORLANDO 13.18 4.02 +9.16 328%
(MCO)
MELBOURNE 4.43 3.53 +0.90 125%
(MLB)
VERO BEACH 2.08 4.20 -2.12 50%
(VRB)
CLERMONT* 5.92 3.54 +2.38 167%
(CLRF1)
LEESBURG 5.75 2.68 +3.07 215%
(LEE)
DELAND* 5.95 4.16 +1.79 143%
(DELF1)
SANFORD 8.96 3.31 +5.65 271%
(SFB)
TITUSVILLE* 8.74 3.71 +5.03 236%
(TITF1)
FORT PIERCE 4.16 3.93 +0.23 106%
(FPR)
STUART* 4.16 5.66 -1.50 73%
(STRF1)
*RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THE MONTH END AROUND 7 AM ON THE 31ST.
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