The Wait for Dry Season Continued Through October - Bay News 9

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ORLANDO, Fla. - October is normally the transition month out of rainy season and into dry season for Central Florida.

While the rain was not as prevalant throughout October, the heat and humidity made it feel more like summer and it left Floridians begging for more cold fronts.

Orlando, Daytona Beach, Melbourne, Sanford and Leesburg all experienced one of their top-five warmest Octobers on record.

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What You Need To Know

• October finished as one of the top-five warmest on record


• Morning temperatures finished much warmer than average


• October rainfall was slightly below average for most of Central Florida

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The main driver behind ourwarm October: Morning low temperatures.

Lows for the month generally ran around five-to-six degrees warmer than average. Compare those numbers to afternoon highs, which ran around two-to-three degrees warmer than average.

Warm low temperatures continue to outpace warm afternoon high temperatures here in Central Florida.

The reason the temperatures are staying so warm at night is because the humidity has been higher. Higher humidity does not allow temperatures to cool as much during the overnight hours.

Even with the higher humidity and the summer-like feel, October did finish slightly drier than average.

Orlando, Melbourne, and Leesburg finished about a quarter-to-a-half inch drier than average.

Daytona Beach and Sanford were both around two inches drier than average.

There were very few strong fronts that moved through the region to bring rain or usher in cooler temperatures.

Below is a summary of how temperatures and rainfall stacked up for October in Orlando, Daytona Beach, Melbourne, Sanford.

Orlando

• Rainfall: 2.63"
• Average: 3.31”
• Departure: -0.68”
• Average Temperature: 79.4 degrees
• Departure: +3.9 degrees
• Number of 90-Degree Days 90: 10
• Average 90-Degree Days: 3
• Tied for 3rd-Warmest October on Record

Daytona Beach

• Rainfall: 2.78”
• Average: 4.21”
• Departure: -1.43” 
• Average Temperature: 78.6 degrees
• Departure: +4.6 degrees
• Number of 90-Degree Days: 1
• Average 90-Degree Days: < 1
• 3rd-Warmest October on Record

Melbourne

• Rainfall: 4.81”
• Average: 5.06”
• Departure: -0.17”
• Average Temperature: 79.4 degrees
• Departure: +3.4 degrees
• Number of 90-Degree Days: 2
• Average 90-Degree Days: < 1
• 5th-Warmest October on Record

Sanford

• Rainfall: 1.46”
• Average: 3.67”
• Departure: -2.21”
• Average Temperature: 79.0 degrees
• Departure: +3.6 degrees
• Number of 90-Degree Days: 6
• Average 90-Degree Days: 2
• 2nd-Warmest October on Record

Leesburg

• Rainfall: 2.46”
• Average: 3.10”
• Departure: -0.64”
• Average Temperature: 79.0 degrees
• Departure: +3.9 degrees
• Number of 90-Degree Days: 9
• Average 90-Degree Days: 3
• 2nd-Warmest October on Record

Records for Orlando go back to 1892, 1923 in Daytona Beach, 1948 in Sanford, 1937 in Melbourne and 1959 for Leesburg.

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