ORLANDO, Fla. – The unsettled stretch over the last week or so across Central Florida went out with a bang Monday.
Record rainfall was observed in Orlando, Sanford and Daytona Beach.
More than 3.5 inches of rain fell Monday at the Orlando and Sanford international airports.
In Daytona Beach, there was 2.2 inches of rain on Monday.
Below is a list of previous record rainfall amounts on May 12 in those Central Florida cities:
- Orlando: 2.66 inches in 1976
- Sanford: 1.17 inches in 1974
- Daytona Beach: 0.67 inches in 1976
In addition, Monday’s rainfall was the most in one day since Hurricane Milton on October 9.
Over the last seven days, here’s how much rain fell across the region:
Flagler
Flagler Beach: 4.54 inches
Palm Coast: 3.40 inches
Volusia
Port Orange: 8.25 inches
Edgewater: 6.62 inches
Brevard
Cocoa: 5.11 inches
Merrit Island: 4.77 inches
Seminole
Winter Springs: 6.82 inches
Casselberry: 6.55 inches
Orange
Hunters Creek: 6.61 inches
Ocoee: 6.59 inches
Osceola
Harmony: 4.51 inches
St. Cloud: 4.27 inches
Lake
Leesburg: 4.17 inches
Groveland: 3.94 inches
Marion
Ocala: 3.20 inches
Belleview: 2.46 inches
Sumter
Lady Lake: 2.28 inches
The Villages: 1.57 inches
For the month to date, most of Central Florida is now above normal for the month of May.
The recent rain has taken a significant bite out of Central Florida’s drought, too.
The Keetch-Byram Index has dropped several hundred points since the start of the wet pattern.
The higher the number, the drier things are. A KBDI value of 500 typically starts the burn-ban threshold for most counties.
To get out of a burn ban, however, a county must remain below the critical value of 500 for at least a few days.
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