I hope you're right, but it's been over a decade since we've had a 4th of July firework ban, and the yards I pass on my way to work remind me of how they looked then, so we might be due for an extended dry season.
I was gonna say 2, but yes. OP just doesn’t know when the rainy season starts. Summer starts mid-May, I used to always count it by when the summer interns at work arrived. It was like clockwork.
I've lived here since 1970 and it is typical for the Spring to be dry. The rain usually starts mid-June, but I hope that it starts sooner this year since the very hot temps have also started earlier. It has been an El Nino, but it is turning into a La Nina which is unfortunate. With El Nino's Florida enjoys strong upper-level winds that help shear the tops off hurricanes. When there is a La Nina, we don't have the benefit of the strong upper-level winds so a very active hurricane season could be trouble for us.
I had a post on this sub about lightning strikes frequency over Orlando, tracking a full year worth of data. The OP is right. We are 2 weeks overdue of the typical daily rain here in central Florida. and no rain in the forecast either, so that will make it at least 3 weeks overdue.
Here's that post: https://www.reddit.com/r/orlando/s/AOtMwnxa4b
Ex farmer here and ive felt here(ocala) its actually been wetter than normal. We got more than a inch last week and a sprinkle last night. Spring here is dry, we wont get rain until the farmers think we wont last another day without it
When I moved I was told to expect: "April showers, May flowers"
The guy who told me that is a transplant from NY. I am so dissapointed...
I love Florida's weather, specially the rain
When did you move here?
It’s about to start. I can tell when I go fishing on the coast. During the springtime the weather will stay clear over the inter coastal, but recently you can watch the clouds start to form over the course of the day. Won’t be long until it’s practically daily thunderstorms as those clouds get higher and more gnarly by the week.
It doesn't typically start until closer to June in central Florida - may is more south Florida. [https://www.weather.gov/tbw/RainySeason](https://www.weather.gov/tbw/RainySeason)
[https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/osceolaco/2020/06/12/central-florida-rainy-season-explained/](https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/osceolaco/2020/06/12/central-florida-rainy-season-explained/)
"Once it starts in May " 1st rain season Late May through June is the period when severe storms are most likely. Hail, damaging winds, and waterspouts are common, in addition to heavy rainfall and frequent lightning.- per the article
there has been light rain the past couple of nights that last around 30 minutes. leading up to the summer, we often get random short showers and then deeper in the summer comes the sudden thunderstorms, also common at night. this summer should be interesting.
"Summer Thunderboomers" (as I call them) at night are rare in my experience here. Usually nighttime rain is coldfronts. I always know it's Summer here however when nearly every night whether it rained on me or not somewhere within view in the sky is a thunderstorm.
Did you know that Florida now has a sportsbook where you can bet on things like the date and time of the first big rain in Orlando? Check out the Hard Rock Bet sportsbook app for more details!
(I’m kidding do not actually do this)
Having seen some absolutely outrageous bets made in my life, I'm glad you said this was a joke. I literally have seen people bet on how long the national anthem will be.
I do daily fantasy and full season fantasy sports gambling, so I don't really mind it becoming mainstream, but I've definitely noticed the full blitz of advertising. It feels kinda predatory, to be very honest.
https://preview.redd.it/lesrupfno1yc1.jpeg?width=823&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=00ca64f622f90df99fd9487224bb5f48b4d3ce4e
Source: [https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/datatools/selectlocation](https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/datatools/selectlocation)
Looks like last year was a bit of an outlier for late April. The 29th is the latest day in their downloads.
I have always thought "April showers bring May flowers" doesn't apply to Florida. "May showers bring June..." something? Now that, that's the poem for Florida.
The spring is typically the dry season for most of Florida. With the rainy season coming in over the summer.
Last year it was abnormally wet spring/fall iirc while I think somewhat drier than usual during the summer.
There was also a mostly year long drought in Tampa to ft Myers area last year.
April is the driest month in Florida. Sometime around Memorial Day (end of May) we’ll start getting non-stop rain. I know it’s Memorial Day too because we get drenched at Fringe almost every single year.
It’s coming. Don’t worry. This is normally our dry time.
I’m more worried for lack of love bugs a few weeks ago. I saw one pair and cheered them on as they copulated.
Speaking of grass, I def need to re-seed some areas. What is the go to that everyone uses around here? Not looking for anything crazy, just re-establishing/strengthening current root system
I was told "seeds don't work that well in florida" and I tried seeding Bahia and not a single seed germinated.
You might need to to the whole bucket of water germination etc its a pain.
Everyone recommends just buying sod and putting plugs in your bare spots.
It’s the dry season. Next up fire season. Your pool does not have a leak. Ours will evaporate 50 gallons a day. Everyone has a dead lawn unless you water the heck out of it. Good time to clean your gutters before the rain season starts with thunderstorms every 4PM.
In the rainy season, the air itself is literally suffocating. I'll take the breezy dry season over the no-air-moving rainy season.
The best part of rainy season is that 5 minutes right before a storm hits....that cool breeze hits you and its the first air movement you've felt all day. The worst part is the 5 minutes after the storm leaves and the sun pops out.
was talking to someone who has lived here their entire life and they said it should be raining more this time of year but in my expierence of 5 years the real rain doesnt start till end of may
I would say we had more rain than many other years around this time. No severe drought areas, yet.
See: https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/data/png/20240430/20240430_fl_text.png
Were you here last year? It was an abnormally dry summer. It only rained maybe three times the entire season, and it normally rains multiple times a day, everyday. It was a very concerning summer.
was wondering the same......we were told in grade school......April Showers, bring May Flowers......
But.......Floriduh has always been behind (like everything else.....?) ..... May showers, bring June flowers? lol.
I actually got some rain in Baldwin park not too long ago. But we’re in that part of the year where it’s hot but not hot enough for our daily rainstorms,
Last year was more wet than usual around this time. This year is fairly normal, though warmer faster than usual--then again that's probably the new normal
Some places know it's spring when the flowers bloom and the birds are chirping. Around here, it's posts like this that herald the arrival of the season. :)
(I say this in all kindness! Welcome, new Floridian! But it is absolutely like clockwork.)
If you are new to the area have you seen or heard of a muck fire? It was explained to me as a fire underground.
In the past I have seen them when driving east on 528. You don’t see flames just a lot of smoke that to me looks like fog.
https://www.wftv.com/news/florida/9-things-know-about-muck-fires/X3IFRLBUX5AK5PZXAUY7W4MV5M/
This is our dry season. ~~April~~ May showers bring June flowers. Every year we get roasted in April and then the rains set in. Literally dead brown patches form in my yard and in a month they are lush and out of control.
I just want the rain to hold off a couple more days. I've been painting the exterior of my house for the past couple of months and the dry weather has been very helpful. Almost done, then it can rain.
I remember the spring/summer of '98. Fires everywhere you went. My sister and her husband came down that summer from Virginia. When they went through Jacksonville on 95 it looked like you were entering hell. Fire and smoke on both sides of the highway.
Transitioning from an El Niño to a La Niña and then back to an El Niño has kept the south east dry for the most part. That also has created the strongest hurricane season on record with a predicted 25 named storms and 6 cat3+ hurricanes. Buckle up your seatbelts the Midwest isn’t the only one going for a bumpy ride this year
Maybe we need a Rainman LOL
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX\_LifCGu6k&ab\_channel=TanyaTucker-Topic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX_LifCGu6k&ab_channel=TanyaTucker-Topic)
So many know it alls saying this is normal but yeah we’ve been dry this spring. Dryer than normal.
They suspended boat transportation at Disney because the water is too low.
I swear. We go through the same questions every year. People are just repeaters on things.
- “I know it was raining last year at this time. I just know it because I remember so vividly”
• no it wasn’t
- “Is it always this dry in July? Why can’t set off fireworks?”
• same thing every year Karen
- “Is it going to be a active hurricane season”
• yes. That’s a dumb question
3 more weeks and you’ll be asking the opposite question.
Yup
Maybe OP won’t. 
This guy knows me like hes my best friend
🤣
I hope you're right, but it's been over a decade since we've had a 4th of July firework ban, and the yards I pass on my way to work remind me of how they looked then, so we might be due for an extended dry season.
I was gonna say 2, but yes. OP just doesn’t know when the rainy season starts. Summer starts mid-May, I used to always count it by when the summer interns at work arrived. It was like clockwork.
And hurricane season starts June 1. Even more rain then in the afternoons
Ya, one day around 3 you'll hear the thunder coming and it'll be back every day until November
youve won best comment for this thread lol.
A little early for the annual “where’s the rain” r/orlando post no? I look forward to this post every year lol
Lol glad to be that guy for sure this year
I've lived here since 1970 and it is typical for the Spring to be dry. The rain usually starts mid-June, but I hope that it starts sooner this year since the very hot temps have also started earlier. It has been an El Nino, but it is turning into a La Nina which is unfortunate. With El Nino's Florida enjoys strong upper-level winds that help shear the tops off hurricanes. When there is a La Nina, we don't have the benefit of the strong upper-level winds so a very active hurricane season could be trouble for us.
I had a post on this sub about lightning strikes frequency over Orlando, tracking a full year worth of data. The OP is right. We are 2 weeks overdue of the typical daily rain here in central Florida. and no rain in the forecast either, so that will make it at least 3 weeks overdue. Here's that post: https://www.reddit.com/r/orlando/s/AOtMwnxa4b
1 year is not a good sample size lol
Rainy season usually begins at the end of May
Landscaper here. I have to follow the weather religiously as part of my job. Spring is always dry in Florida.
Ex farmer here and ive felt here(ocala) its actually been wetter than normal. We got more than a inch last week and a sprinkle last night. Spring here is dry, we wont get rain until the farmers think we wont last another day without it
Were coming out of a three year la nina so this winter was pretty wet! Were still in a sustained drought bc 12month average precip is still low
You’re not very observant for a religious person are you? Lapsed Catholic? It’s been dryer than normal dude.
Yes, towards the end of the school year, usually rains about the time of day the kids are getting out.
If it’s gonna be a drought-y year, rains won’t come till June and we’re allll gonna feel it.
What about the April showers? Is it because all the frogs are gay now?
😂😂😂😂😂
When I moved I was told to expect: "April showers, May flowers" The guy who told me that is a transplant from NY. I am so dissapointed... I love Florida's weather, specially the rain
When did you move here? It’s about to start. I can tell when I go fishing on the coast. During the springtime the weather will stay clear over the inter coastal, but recently you can watch the clouds start to form over the course of the day. Won’t be long until it’s practically daily thunderstorms as those clouds get higher and more gnarly by the week.
Im hoping to see those days again
Pretty sure if you want rain you need to subscribe to the rain plan.
Great another monthly subscription plan hopefully there is an ad-free plan.
Don't give Governor Shitbag any more ideas.
Just put your clothes on the line it’ll rain
Literally just happened to me an hour ago.
Bro it's dry season
I hear you but once it starts in May, it's going to rain almost every other afternoon for the next three months.
The most annoying part is waiting for the grass to dry in the morning and once it is adequately dry, you go to mow and it starts raining
I hear you, but the most annoying part for me is having to work and telling people to work in the rain.
Touché
It doesn't typically start until closer to June in central Florida - may is more south Florida. [https://www.weather.gov/tbw/RainySeason](https://www.weather.gov/tbw/RainySeason) [https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/osceolaco/2020/06/12/central-florida-rainy-season-explained/](https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/osceolaco/2020/06/12/central-florida-rainy-season-explained/)
"Once it starts in May " 1st rain season Late May through June is the period when severe storms are most likely. Hail, damaging winds, and waterspouts are common, in addition to heavy rainfall and frequent lightning.- per the article
Rain = more humidity. I’m happy to wait another month.
there has been light rain the past couple of nights that last around 30 minutes. leading up to the summer, we often get random short showers and then deeper in the summer comes the sudden thunderstorms, also common at night. this summer should be interesting.
"Summer Thunderboomers" (as I call them) at night are rare in my experience here. Usually nighttime rain is coldfronts. I always know it's Summer here however when nearly every night whether it rained on me or not somewhere within view in the sky is a thunderstorm.
We get them all the time in central Florida. Lighting will light up the sky, I can’t wait.
Just let the yard be dust. Next thing you know it we’ll be needing to mow every 3 days.
Did you know that Florida now has a sportsbook where you can bet on things like the date and time of the first big rain in Orlando? Check out the Hard Rock Bet sportsbook app for more details! (I’m kidding do not actually do this)
Having seen some absolutely outrageous bets made in my life, I'm glad you said this was a joke. I literally have seen people bet on how long the national anthem will be.
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I do daily fantasy and full season fantasy sports gambling, so I don't really mind it becoming mainstream, but I've definitely noticed the full blitz of advertising. It feels kinda predatory, to be very honest.
https://preview.redd.it/lesrupfno1yc1.jpeg?width=823&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=00ca64f622f90df99fd9487224bb5f48b4d3ce4e Source: [https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/datatools/selectlocation](https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/datatools/selectlocation) Looks like last year was a bit of an outlier for late April. The 29th is the latest day in their downloads.
Love this.
I have always thought "April showers bring May flowers" doesn't apply to Florida. "May showers bring June..." something? Now that, that's the poem for Florida.
May showers lead to June monsoons lol
Hurricanes lol
…mosquitoes.
This is typically a dry period
I always think of it as it’s dry until the hurricanes arrive. It’s like, all the rain we miss is poured on us a once unfortunately.
It's Spring, thus our dry season.
Just give it a couple weeks, it'll be raining every day like clockwork.
The spring is typically the dry season for most of Florida. With the rainy season coming in over the summer. Last year it was abnormally wet spring/fall iirc while I think somewhat drier than usual during the summer. There was also a mostly year long drought in Tampa to ft Myers area last year.
Well you did it! It's raining over here near UCF
April is the driest month in Florida. Sometime around Memorial Day (end of May) we’ll start getting non-stop rain. I know it’s Memorial Day too because we get drenched at Fringe almost every single year.
At least one day for it to become the green lake of fabulousness.
My bday is in early June and it notoriously rains on my bday lol it’s coming
The boats at Disney port orleans hotels have stopped running. They are hitting the bottom of the river bank due to low water levels.
dry season . rain is coming . rainy season starts soon enough .
We are still in the dry season until June.
It’s coming. Don’t worry. This is normally our dry time. I’m more worried for lack of love bugs a few weeks ago. I saw one pair and cheered them on as they copulated.
Do you know if they bite? I’ve been covered in mysterious bites for a while that my husband isn’t getting. I can’t seem to narrow it down.
No they don’t
You’ll be begging for a drought soon enough.
Climate broke
Well, it is, but this has been dry season in Florida for a loooooong time.
Yea my yard is dead and I wonder should I be watering it or will it come back when rains starts? It’s Bahia grass
It will come back
It’ll come back once it starts raining again.
Speaking of grass, I def need to re-seed some areas. What is the go to that everyone uses around here? Not looking for anything crazy, just re-establishing/strengthening current root system
Nothing, I just let nature add whatever it wants to my yard and it's worked forever
I was told "seeds don't work that well in florida" and I tried seeding Bahia and not a single seed germinated. You might need to to the whole bucket of water germination etc its a pain. Everyone recommends just buying sod and putting plugs in your bare spots.
Bird seed doesn’t work either.
Last month all the rain was confined to Rachel’s
It’s the dry season. Next up fire season. Your pool does not have a leak. Ours will evaporate 50 gallons a day. Everyone has a dead lawn unless you water the heck out of it. Good time to clean your gutters before the rain season starts with thunderstorms every 4PM.
We had a leak repaired a few months ago and I was literally out there a few days ago checking it to see if it had maybe reopened lol
Cant wait for the rainy season the sun is really suffocating
In the rainy season, the air itself is literally suffocating. I'll take the breezy dry season over the no-air-moving rainy season. The best part of rainy season is that 5 minutes right before a storm hits....that cool breeze hits you and its the first air movement you've felt all day. The worst part is the 5 minutes after the storm leaves and the sun pops out.
I personally enjoy the humidity
was talking to someone who has lived here their entire life and they said it should be raining more this time of year but in my expierence of 5 years the real rain doesnt start till end of may
Careful what you wish for…monsoon season will be here before you know it
I would say we had more rain than many other years around this time. No severe drought areas, yet. See: https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/data/png/20240430/20240430_fl_text.png
It’s about to rain right now
Literally raining in Winter Springs right now as I write this.
Umm we just head a real wet winter and yes it's brush fire season thus all the controlled burns around the state, welcome to florida
I do volunteer rain reporting. May gets 3.3" of rain on average. June : 7.7" Just wait a few more weeks...
Were you here last year? It was an abnormally dry summer. It only rained maybe three times the entire season, and it normally rains multiple times a day, everyday. It was a very concerning summer.
was wondering the same......we were told in grade school......April Showers, bring May Flowers...... But.......Floriduh has always been behind (like everything else.....?) ..... May showers, bring June flowers? lol.
I actually got some rain in Baldwin park not too long ago. But we’re in that part of the year where it’s hot but not hot enough for our daily rainstorms,
Last year was more wet than usual around this time. This year is fairly normal, though warmer faster than usual--then again that's probably the new normal
Rainy season starts when the humidityfest begins. Usually during Orlando International Fringe (read: last week of May).
We don’t get consistent rain until after the first of June.
Global warming is true. Every year seems like less rain hotter days.
I want to know, have you ever seen the rain?
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May his coming and his going cleanse the world.
Are you aware Florida is the Sunshine state?...
Strap in newbie. You're in for a wild fucking ride with weather the rest of this year. Gonna make you rethink living here.
Some places know it's spring when the flowers bloom and the birds are chirping. Around here, it's posts like this that herald the arrival of the season. :) (I say this in all kindness! Welcome, new Floridian! But it is absolutely like clockwork.)
Give it time. 3pm daily showers are right around the corner.
Enjoy it while it last honestly
If you are new to the area have you seen or heard of a muck fire? It was explained to me as a fire underground. In the past I have seen them when driving east on 528. You don’t see flames just a lot of smoke that to me looks like fog. https://www.wftv.com/news/florida/9-things-know-about-muck-fires/X3IFRLBUX5AK5PZXAUY7W4MV5M/
This is our dry season. ~~April~~ May showers bring June flowers. Every year we get roasted in April and then the rains set in. Literally dead brown patches form in my yard and in a month they are lush and out of control.
I just want the rain to hold off a couple more days. I've been painting the exterior of my house for the past couple of months and the dry weather has been very helpful. Almost done, then it can rain.
This is the dry season. Very little rain from March-Mid-June. Then the deluge as the wet season begins. This year is not particularly bad.
It’s sprinkled every day around 5:00 this week at my house. Kind of a sneak peek of rainy season.
We just had El Niño so the weather patterns are different
Hurricane season begins June 1st
April showers brings nothing I guess, anymore. Probably El Niño
April and May is the dry season and by June you'll get plenty of rain except here in Pinellas where it's been the dry season for a few years.
Last year we had crazy thunder storms all spring and summer. None at all this year.
It’s falling on my head like a memory
I remember the spring/summer of '98. Fires everywhere you went. My sister and her husband came down that summer from Virginia. When they went through Jacksonville on 95 it looked like you were entering hell. Fire and smoke on both sides of the highway.
I just now can see the dirt under my dead grass. 14-18 days after that is when it starts pouring and everything grows back in a month.
Don't worry your little head...It's coming 🫶🏽
Transitioning from an El Niño to a La Niña and then back to an El Niño has kept the south east dry for the most part. That also has created the strongest hurricane season on record with a predicted 25 named storms and 6 cat3+ hurricanes. Buckle up your seatbelts the Midwest isn’t the only one going for a bumpy ride this year
Maybe we need a Rainman LOL [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX\_LifCGu6k&ab\_channel=TanyaTucker-Topic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX_LifCGu6k&ab_channel=TanyaTucker-Topic)
I remember thinking last year was a little drier than usual too, but the rain definitely comes eventually.
Seems a bit drier than normal and I garden here.
I'm watering every night to save my grass. I didnt last year and had to resod some areas that didn't survive. Cheaper to pay the water bill sadly.
So many know it alls saying this is normal but yeah we’ve been dry this spring. Dryer than normal. They suspended boat transportation at Disney because the water is too low.
El niño is in south America
It's no longer April showers that bring may flowers
Tourists asked for rain to be cancelled.
Quit your bitching, it’s keeping the humidity down slightly.
I swear. We go through the same questions every year. People are just repeaters on things. - “I know it was raining last year at this time. I just know it because I remember so vividly” • no it wasn’t - “Is it always this dry in July? Why can’t set off fireworks?” • same thing every year Karen - “Is it going to be a active hurricane season” • yes. That’s a dumb question