Why Florida’s rainy season is a statewide handoff

Florida’s rainy season is often treated like a start date. But statewide, it’s really a transition — one that spreads north through the state, then evolves through the summer as the atmosphere changes and the daily storm pattern shifts with it.

Florida Storms' meteorologist Leslie Hudson has more in the Youtube short below:

The homestretch of Florida’s rainy season usually arrives around Labor Day and carries into mid-October. It’s also one of the most variable stretches of the season, with rainfall often shaped by tropical systems, early cold fronts, and whatever pattern happens to take hold.

And in many years, it’s that first real front through the state that brings the familiar rainy-season cycle to a close.