Recent rains lead to significant drought improvement

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Enough rain fell during the end of May and beginning of June across the southern portion of the Florida peninsula to significantly lower the drought conditions — except for Southwest Florida including the Everglades, which remain in "extreme drought" according to the U.S. Drought Monitor

A series of fronts just north of the area and plenty of Gulf moisture will keep the chance for numerous showers and storms for days.

It's hurricane season, and tropical storms tend to form in the Gulf and the far western Atlantic, east of Florida, in June.