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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
507 PM EDT Thu Sep 12 2024

...August 2024 Was Warmer Than Normal Across East Central Florida...

Temperatures continued to be warmer than normal across east central
Florida in August, with monthly average temperature departures
around a half a degree to 2 degrees above normal. This ranked August
2024 within the top 15 warmest on record at all primary climate
sites, and most notably it was the 3rd warmest August on record for
Daytona (tying August 2016). Rainfall for August varied across east
central Florida. Totals for the month were near to above normal
across the northern interior, with near to below normal rainfall
totals for the rest of east central Florida. A significant portion
of the total monthly rainfall across the northern interior occurred
during the earlier part of the August, as the outer rainbands of
Hurricane Debby moved across the local area, with Debby making
landfall along the Big Bend of Florida on August 5th and tracking
northeast across north Florida and into Southern Georgia through the
day. Isolated to scattered showers and lightning storms often
developed daily through the month. Rainfall picked up towards the
latter part of the month as increased moisture moved into east
central Florida as a frontal boundary situated just north of the
area remained in place for several days before weakening and
dissipating over north Florida. Moist onshore flow continued through
the end of the month, allowing for scattered showers and storms to
form and move onshore and eventually inland.


...Temperatures...

Hot and humid conditions once again prevailed through the month,
with daily average temperatures typically around 1 to 4 degrees
above normal most days. Highs were often in the low to mid 90s with
overnight conditions remaining warm and muggy, as lows typically
ranged in the mid to upper 70s most of the month. Despite the hot
and humid conditions, a few record cool highs were set during the
month during times of increased cloud cover and rainfall. Leesburg
only reached a high of 82 degrees on August 5th, setting a cool
maximum temperature for the date. Additionally, Daytona Beach and
Melbourne both had a high of 83 degrees on the 22nd, which tied the
record cool high for Daytona Beach and broke this record at
Melbourne for the date.

Leesburg, Melbourne and Vero Beach were the only sites to break or
tie record high temperatures for the month, when temperatures
reached in the mid-90s. Muggy conditions overnight led to several
warm minimum temperature records being tied or set across east
central Florida through the month. The most notable of these
occurred on August 7th at Leesburg, Sanford, and Orlando, when the
temperatures at these sites only fell as low as the low 80s. These
values not only broke or tied their warmest minimum temperature on
record for the date, but also set or tied for warmest minimum
temperature on record for the month of August. At Sanford, the low
of 83 degrees on the 7th, was actually the warmest minimum
temperature ever on record at this site, breaking the previous
record of 81 degrees last set on August 10th, 2023.

Warmer than normal conditions led to monthly average temperature
departures that ranged from 0.5 degrees above normal at Sanford to
1.9 degrees above normal at Daytona Beach. This ranked August 2024
within the top 15 warmest at all climate sites. For Daytona, it was
actually the 3rd warmest August on record (tying August 2016) with a
monthly average temperatures of 83.8 degrees. Also of note, August
2024 ranked as 7th warmest on record (tying August 1940) at Fort
Pierce, 8th warmest at Orlando, 9th warmest at Leesburg (tying
August 2013 and 2010), and also 9th warmest at Vero Beach (tying
August 2007).


Daily Record Temperatures for the Month:


Daytona Beach:
- August 7th: Record warm low of 81 degrees. Previous record was 80
degrees last set in 1928.
- August 14th: Tied record warm low of 78 degrees last set in 2023.
- August 15th: Tied record warm low of 78 degrees last set in 2023.
- August 22nd: Tied record cool high of 83 degrees last set in 2008.
- August 31st: Record warm low of 79 degrees. Previous record was 78
degrees last set in 2003.

Leesburg:
- August 5th: Record cool high of 82 degrees. Previous record was 84
degrees last set in 1969.
- August 7th: Record warm low of 82 degrees. Previous record was 79
degrees last set in 2013. This was also the warmest minimum
temperature on record for the month of August at this site, tying the
previous record last set on August 4th, 2011.
- August 8th: Record warm low of 80 degrees. Previous record was 79
degrees last set in 2023.
- August 9th: Tied record warm low of 79 degrees last set in 2007.
- August 11th: Tied record warm low of 79 degrees last set in 2021.
- August 26th: Tied record warm low of 78 degrees last set in 2020.
- August 27th: Tied record high of 96 degrees last set in 2023.

Sanford:
- August 7th: Record warm low of 83 degrees. Previous record was 79
degrees last set in 2011. This was not only the warmest minimum
temperature on record for the month of August, but also the warmest
minimum temperature ever on record at this site. The previous record
warmest minimum temperature at this site was 81 degrees last set on
August 10th, 2023.
- August 9th: Tied record warm low of 79 degrees last set in 2023.
- August 14th: Record warm low of 79 degrees. Previous record was 78
degrees last set in 2023.

Orlando:
- August 7th: Record warm low of 81 degrees. Previous record was 79
degrees last set in 2023. This was also the warmest minimum
temperature on record for the month of August at this site, tying
the previous record last set on August 9th, 2023.
- August 8th: Record warm low of 81 degrees. Previous record was 80
degrees last set in 2023. This again tied as the warmest minimum
temperature on record for the month of August at this site.
- August 14th: Record warm low of 79 degrees. Previous record was 78
degrees last set in 2023.

Melbourne:
- August 19th: Tied record high of 96 degrees last set in 1993.
- August 20th: Record high of 97 degrees. Previous record was 93
degrees last set in 1993.
- August 22nd: Record cool high of 83 degrees. Previous record was
85 degrees last set in 2008.
- August 27th: Tied record warm low of 82 degrees last set in 2005.

Vero Beach:
- August 2nd: Tied record warm low of 76 degrees last set in 2020.
- August 9th: Tied record high of 96 degrees last set in 2023.
- August 15th: Tied record warm low of 78 degrees last set in 2021.
- August 18th: Tied record low of 69 degrees last set in 1956.
- August 19th: Tied record high of 96 degrees last set in 1993.

Fort Pierce:
- No daily temperature records set or tied.


Average temperatures for August 2024 at the primary climate sites
across east central Florida are as follows (rankings provided if in
the top 10):

- Daytona Beach had a monthly average temperature of 83.8 degrees
Fahrenheit, which was 1.9 degrees above normal. This ties August
2016 as the 3rd warmest August on record for this site, with records
dating back to 1923.

- Leesburg had a monthly average temperature of 84.0 degrees
Fahrenheit, which was 0.7 degrees above normal. This ties August
2013 and 2010 as the 9th warmest August on record for this site,
with records dating back to 1958.

- Sanford had a monthly average temperature of 84.1 degrees
Fahrenheit, which was 0.5 degrees above normal.

- Orlando had a monthly average temperature of 84.3 degrees
Fahrenheit, which was 1.7 degrees above normal. This ranks as the
8th warmest August on record for this site, with records dating back
to 1892.

- Melbourne had a monthly average temperature of 83.3 degrees
Fahrenheit, which was 1.3 degrees above normal.

- Vero Beach had a monthly average temperature of 83.2 degrees
Fahrenheit, which was 1.1 degrees above normal. This ties August
2007 as the 9th warmest August on record for this site, with records
dating back to 1942.

- Fort Pierce had a monthly average temperature of 83.3 degrees
Fahrenheit, which was 1.7 degrees above normal. This ties August
1940 as the 7th warmest August on record for this site, with records
dating back to 1901.


...Rainfall...

Tropical Cyclone Debby, which became Hurricane Debby before landfall
along the Big Bend of Florida on August 5th, provided a significant
portion of the rainfall for the month across the northern interior
sites. In fact, Leesburg on August 5th received 4.14 inches of rain,
which shattered their previous record of 1.65 inches for the date.
Another notable rainfall record occurred on August 2nd at Sanford,
which had 1.61 inches of rainfall. This broke the previous record of
1.14 inches of rainfall for the date last set in 2002. Tropical
moisture remained over the area for the first week of the month,
providing daily scattered showers and a few lightning storms. A
frontal boundary then approached the Florida peninsula into the
middle of the month, providing moisture south of the boundary over
east central Florida that sparked daily showers and storms. The
front passed through the local area on the 15th and pushed into
South Florida on the 16th. A drier period set in for a few days as
high pressure built in over east central Florida behind the front.
Rainfall than began to pick back up across the local area in the
latter part of the month. This was due to increased moisture south
of another stationary front across northern Florida that pooled over
east central Florida for several days. This moisture allowed
scattered daily showers and storms to occur across the area before
the front weakened and dissipated across north Florida. Higher
moisture remained over central Florida through the end of the month,
allowing for scattered daily showers and storms to form and push
onshore, and moving across the peninsula.

Rainfall for August varied across east central Florida. Totals for
the month were generally near to above normal across the northern
interior, with near to below normal rainfall totals for the rest of
east central Florida. Orlando, Leesburg, and Sanford were all near
to above normal for rainfall, with totals between 7 to 8 inches, or
around 0.1 to 0.5 inches above normal. The lowest totals typically
occurred along the coast, with rainfall totals at Daytona Beach and
Melbourne as low as 3 to 5 inches, which were around 1 to 3 inches
below normal. However, not all coastal locations were drier than
normal, with Vero Beach and Fort Pierce receiving around 7 to 9
inches of rain for the month, which was near to above normal thanks
to the moist onshore flow at the end of the month.


Daily Record Rainfall for the Month:

Daytona Beach:
- No daily record rainfall values set or tied.

Leesburg:
- August 5th: Record rainfall of 4.14 inches. Previous record was
1.65 inches set in 1967.

Sanford:
- August 2nd: Record rainfall of 1.61 inches. Previous record was
1.14 inches set in 2002.

Orlando:
- No daily record rainfall values set or tied.

Melbourne:
- No daily record rainfall values set or tied.

Vero Beach:
- No daily record rainfall values set or tied.

Fort Pierce:
- No daily record rainfall values set or tied.


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

- Daytona Beach received 3.44 inches of rain for the month, which
was 3.14 inches below normal.

- Leesburg received 7.17 inches of rain for the month, which was
0.54 inches above normal.

- Sanford received 7.18 inches of rain for the month, which was 0.41
inches above normal.

- Orlando received 7.79 inches of rain for the month, which was 0.10
inches above normal.

- Melbourne received 5.29 inches of rain for the month, which was
1.38 inches below normal.

- Vero Beach received 7.17 inches of rain for the month, which was
0.18 inches below normal.

- Fort Pierce received 8.84 inches of rain for the month, which was
1.90 inches above normal.


Cooperative Observer Station Rainfall Rankings (Note: These totals
for August end around 7 AM on the 31st):

- Clermont received 11.32 inches of rain for the month, which ranks
as the 10th wettest August on record for this site, with records
going back to 1948.


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

Station        August 2024     Normal      Departure    Percent of
                Rainfall      Rainfall    From Normal     Normal

Daytona Beach    3.44"         6.58"        -3.14"         52%
(DAB)
Orlando          7.79"         7.69"        +0.10"        101%
(MCO)
Melbourne        5.29"         6.67"        -1.38"         79%
(MLB)
Vero Beach       7.17"         7.35"        -0.18"         98%
(VRB)
Clermont*       11.32"         8.09"        +3.23"        140%
(CLRF1)
Leesburg         7.17"         6.63"        +0.54"        108%
(LEE)
DeLand*          9.24"         7.05"        +2.19"        131%
(DELF1)
Sanford          7.18"         6.77"        +0.41"        106%
(SFB)
Titusville*     10.70"         7.80"        +2.90"        137%
(TITF1)
Fort Pierce      8.84"         6.94"        +1.90"        127%
(FPR)
Stuart*          6.78"         8.49"        -1.71"         80%
(STRF1)

*Rainfall totals for the month end around 7 AM on the 31st.

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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Watson/Weitlich