Drought-Helping Rain to Spread Across the Florida Peninsula on Mother's Day

Drought-helping rainfall will continue over the Florida Peninsula on Mother's Day as an area of low pressure ripples along a stalled front.

Much of the Florida Peninsula will get at least some rainfall from this system on Mother's Day, but South Florida will pick up the biggest soaking.

Parts of South Florida, particularly the Miami metro area and the Florida Keys, could receive more than an inch of rain.

This rainfall, combined with higher-than-usual tides, might cause some localized flooding.

Florida's Drought

Generally, this rain is a welcome sight in what is usually the driest part of the year for the Florida Peninsula. May is also when many wildfires break out around the state.

Drought conditions have developed across most of Florida since March due to the recent lack of rainfall and record heat.

The weather pattern changed in late April, and precipitation returned to the state. This has resulted in some improvement in drought conditions, but as of May 7, just under 78% of Florida was at least abnormally dry and over 30% was in moderate drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

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