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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
637 AM EDT Thu Mar 13 2025

...Winter 2024-2025 Weather Summary Across East Central Florida...

Temperatures for the meteorological 2024-2025 Winter went on a
roller coaster of a ride through the season. Average monthly
temperatures started off generally close to normal in December
across the area, but then turned much colder into January, before
finally ending up much warmer than normal in February. With the warm
February balancing out the cold January, average temperature
departures for the season across east central Florida all ended up
close (within a degree) to their normal values.

Rainfall through the season was rather variable across the region.
Periods of moist onshore flow lead to greater shower coverage and
near to above normal rainfall along the coast during December, with
precipitation ending up below normal across much of the interior.
Despite showers and isolated storms accompanying some of the cold
frontal boundaries in January, drier than normal conditions largely
dominated during the month. Then into February, below normal
rainfall continued north of a line from Orlando to the Cape, with
near to above normal rainfall near to south of this line. Overall,
rainfall totals for the winter season were typically near to above
normal toward the coast from Melbourne to Stuart and below normal
across much of the rest of east central Florida.


Temperatures...

The winter season started off on the colder side, in fact the
coldest temperatures for December occurred early, on the 3rd or 4th
of the month as lows fell to the mid 30s to low 40s. Temperatures
then generally oscillated between warm and cooler periods in
December with passing fronts. Average temperatures for December
ended up near to slightly below normal from Sanford northward and
slightly warmer than normal from Orlando southward. However, overall
these values were mostly all within a degree of normal for the
month.

Temperatures then trended much colder than normal into January as
several strong cold fronts moved through the region. The coldest
temperatures for the season were observed behind a couple of these
stronger fronts, either occurring on the 9th, 10th or 25th as temps
fell to the 30s to low 40s those mornings. While some locations
across Lake and inland Volusia counties did fall to or just below
the freezing mark, all of the primary climate sites remained above
freezing this winter. Average temperatures for January were around 2
to 5 degrees below normal, and were within the top 15 coldest
rankings for January at most sites. It was also the coldest January
since 2010 for many sites as well.

February was the exact opposite of January, with monthly average
temperatures ending up much warmer than normal by 4 to 5 degrees,
and within the top 15 warmest rankings for February at all sites.
Much of this above normal warmth was concentrated during the first
half of the month, and in fact the warmest temperatures for the
season occurred on the 13th when highs reached the upper 80s.
Daytona Beach reached 89 degrees that day, which not only broke
their record high for the day, but also tied their warmest maximum
temperature for the month and season (last set on February 1st,
1985)!

With average temperatures in December generally closer to normal,
and the cold January offsetting the warm February, average
temperatures for the season ended up within a degree of their normal
values. Similar to December, average seasonal temperatures were
either near to just below normal from Sanford northward and slightly
above normal from Orlando southward.


Average temperature values for Winter 2024-2025 at the primary
climate sites across east central Florida are as follows (rankings
provided if in the top 10):

- Daytona Beach had an average temperature for the season of 60.1
degrees Fahrenheit, which was 0.5 degrees below normal.

- Leesburg had an average temperature for the season of 60.9 degrees
Fahrenheit, which was 0.5 degrees below normal.

- Sanford had an average temperature for the season of 62.1 degrees
Fahrenheit, which was 0.1 degrees below normal.

- Orlando had an average temperature for the season of 63.1 degrees
Fahrenheit, which was 0.6 degrees above normal.

- Melbourne had an average temperature for the season of 63.7
degrees Fahrenheit, which was 0.2 degrees above normal.

- Vero Beach had an average temperature for the season of 65.7
degrees Fahrenheit, which was 1.2 degrees above normal.

- Fort Pierce had an average temperature for the season of 65.1
degrees Fahrenheit, which was 0.9 degrees above normal.


Rainfall...

It was a dry start to December, but by mid to late month periods of
onshore moving showers led to an increase in rainfall totals,
especially along the coast. Notably, locally higher rainfall of 2 to
5 inches occurred from the 17th to 18th across portions of the
Treasure Coast. Overall for the month, precipitation amounts ended
up near to above normal along the coast (up to 1 to 3 inches above
normal along the Treasure Coast) and typically below normal by 0.50
to 1.50 inches across the interior. It was the 7th wettest December
on record for Fort Pierce and 9th wettest on record for Stuart, with
monthly rainfall totals of 5.46 inches and 6.61 inches, respectively
at each site. Several strong cold fronts moved through the region
into January, with periods of showers and isolated storms
accompanying these boundaries. Rainfall totals for the month were
around 1 to 3 inches for most locations, but this was still
generally below normal by 0.50 to 1.50 inches for January across
much of the area.

Similar to December, February also started off generally dry, but
rainfall did pick up into mid to late month. The most significant
rainfall event occurred from the 24th through early on the 25th, as
rounds of widespread rain moved across the area. Total rainfall
during this period was around a half inch or less across northern
Lake and Volusia counties and 1 to 2 inches farther south across
east central Florida. However, localized higher totals of 3 to 5
inches fell across the Vero Beach and northern Fort Pierce areas.
Precipitation totals for February ended up near to above normal
across those areas that ended up seeing more rainfall from this
event, which was near to south of a line from Orlando to the Cape.
In fact, Vero Beach had their 5th wettest February on record, with
6.15 inches for the month. However, north of Orlando drier than
normal conditions were observed. At Leesburg, only 0.73 inches of
rainfall was observed for the month, ranking as the 8th driest
February on record at this site.

For the 2024-2025 Winter season, totals reached as high as 8 to 15
inches across portions of the coast between Melbourne and Stuart
extending slightly inland into east central portions of Osceola
County. Rainfall was near to above normal across this area for the
season, but across the rest of east central Florida amounts were
generally below normal, ranging from 3 to 6 inches. It was the 8th
driest winter on record for Leesburg and 11th driest on record at
Sanford, with totals of 3.55 inches and 3.77 inches, respectively.
However, at Vero Beach where 11.01 inches of rain fell through the
season, it was the 11th wettest winter on record for this site.


Winter 2024-2025 rainfall totals for the primary climate sites
across east central Florida are as follows (ranking provided if in
the top 10):

- Daytona Beach received 5.22 inches of rain for the season, which
was 2.19 inches below normal.

- Leesburg received 3.55 inches of rain for the season, which was
3.21 inches below normal. This ranks as the 8th driest winter on
record for this site, with records dating back to 1958.

- Sanford received 3.77 inches of rain for the season, which was
3.08 inches below normal.

- Orlando received 4.69 inches of rain for the season, which was
2.31 inches below normal.

- Melbourne received 6.44 inches of rain for the season, which was
0.53 inches below normal.

- Vero Beach received 11.01 inches of rain for the season, which was
3.53 inches above normal.

- Fort Pierce received 10.97 inches of rain for the season, which
was 3.65 inches above normal.


Below is a list of observed precipitation totals and rainfall
statistics for select sites across east central Florida for Winter
2024-2025:

Station     Winter 2024-2025    Normal      Departure    Percent of
                Rainfall       Rainfall    From Normal     Normal

Daytona Beach      5.22"         7.41"       -2.19"          70%
(DAB)
Orlando            4.69"         7.00"       -2.31"          67%
(MCO)
Melbourne          6.44"         6.97"       -0.53"          92%
(MLB)
Vero Beach        11.01"         7.48"       +3.53"         147%
(VRB)
Clermont*          4.72"         7.92"       -3.20"          60%
(CLRF1)
Leesburg           3.55"         6.76"       -3.21"          53%
(LEE)
DeLand*            5.49"         8.16"       -2.67"          67%
(DELF1)
Sanford            3.77"         6.85"       -3.08"          55%
(SFB)
Titusville*        4.64"         7.96"       -3.32"          58%
(TITF1)
Fort Pierce       10.97"         7.32"       +3.65"         150%
(FPR)
Stuart*           10.47"         8.83"       +1.64"         119%
(STRF1)

*Rainfall totals for the season end around 7 AM on February 28th.

For more local climate information, please visit our web page at
http://weather.gov/mlb and click on the "Climate" icon toward the
bottom of the page.

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