by Doug Mayo | May 22, 2025
Rainfall April was another dry month in the Florida Panhandle, but not as bad as in Central and South Florida. The map to the left above shows an estimate of actual rainfall in April. The Panhandle ranged from 1-1.75″ (tan), 1.75-2.5″ (yellow),...
by Doug Mayo | Apr 4, 2025
Rainfall The climate forecast of a warmer and drier than normal La Niña winter came true for the most part in the Panhandle. The maps above show the variation from normal rainfall in January, February, and March. In general. all of the gold, orange and red areas on...
by Doug Mayo | Mar 14, 2025
I have been a Volunteer Precipitation Reporter for the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRahs) since November 2018, with the station ID of FL-JK-6 (Florida – Jackson County – station #6 highlighted in the map above). Every...
by Doug Mayo | Feb 7, 2025
Snow Nobody in Florida has ever experienced anything like “Winter Storm Enzo,” (aka FLizzard or Snowmageddon) that brought record breaking snow to the Florida Panhandle in January 2025. For years we have heard weather forecasters talking about...
by Daniel J. Leonard | Jan 31, 2025
Over the last 10 years or so, the Florida Panhandle has gotten used to relatively warm winters, at least historically speaking. While we have experienced sharp cold snaps that were devastating to unprepared plants and livestock (the most recent being the late...
by Doug Mayo | Jan 10, 2025
Rainfall 2024 will be remembered by most farmers and ranchers as a dry growing season, but rainfall totals for the whole year were highly variable. The map above to the left shows NOAA’s estimate of annual rainfall in 2024 across Florida. Multiple hurricanes...
