Florida drought monitor
66% of Florida — about two thirds of the state — is in drought on this week's map , and 39% of it is in severe drought or worse .
From the U.S. Drought Monitor map for . A new one comes out every Thursday morning.
Where Florida stands
- Extreme drought 9% of Florida
- Severe drought 30% of Florida
- Moderate drought 27% of Florida
- Abnormally dry 25% of Florida
- No drought 10% of Florida
The Drought Monitor shades land in five steps, from abnormally dry (D0) up to exceptional drought (D4). The worst class anywhere in Florida this week is extreme drought (D3).
How the year has run
- Aug 2025
- Dec 2025
- Apr 2026
- Aug 2026
Each column is one week, oldest on the left. The taller the color, the more of Florida was dry that week.
- Four weeks ago 76% of the state was in drought — it has pulled back since.
- This week last year 11% of Florida was in drought, on the map for August 19, 2025.
- Worst week of the past year 100% in drought, on March 10, 2026.
What this means for burning in Florida
Drought is the reason most burn bans go up. Counties watch how dry the ground and the standing brush are, and a county commission can put a ban in place the week after the map turns — or leave one off while a neighboring county has one, because the call is theirs to make.
Right now 1 of 67 Florida counties are under a burn ban. See which ones, county by county.
A dry map is not a burn ban, and neither is this page. Rules change fast in dry weather — confirm with your county fire marshal or burn line before you light.
Florida drought county by county
51 of 67 counties have moderate drought or worse somewhere inside them. Driest first. County figures are from the map for .
| County | Worst drought class | Share of the county in drought |
|---|---|---|
| Alachua County | Extreme drought | 100% |
| Baker County | Extreme drought | 100% |
| Bradford County | Extreme drought | 100% |
| Broward County | Extreme drought | 100% |
| Clay County | Extreme drought | 100% |
| Columbia County | Extreme drought | 100% |
| DeSoto County | Extreme drought | 100% |
| Gilchrist County | Extreme drought | 100% |
| Hardee County | Extreme drought | 100% |
| Highlands County | Extreme drought | 100% |
| Hillsborough County | Extreme drought | 100% |
| Manatee County | Extreme drought | 100% |
| Miami-Dade County | Extreme drought | 100% |
| Pinellas County | Extreme drought | 100% |
| Polk County | Extreme drought | 100% |
| Putnam County | Extreme drought | 100% |
| Sarasota County | Extreme drought | 100% |
| Suwannee County | Extreme drought | 100% |
| Union County | Extreme drought | 100% |
| Pasco County | Extreme drought | 92% |
| Collier County | Extreme drought | 61% |
| Dixie County | Severe drought | 100% |
| Duval County | Severe drought | 100% |
| Hamilton County | Severe drought | 100% |
| Lafayette County | Severe drought | 100% |
| Lake County | Severe drought | 100% |
| Madison County | Severe drought | 100% |
| Monroe County | Severe drought | 100% |
| Nassau County | Severe drought | 100% |
| Okeechobee County | Severe drought | 100% |
| St. Johns County | Severe drought | 100% |
| Flagler County | Severe drought | over 99% |
| Palm Beach County | Severe drought | 93% |
| Charlotte County | Severe drought | 88% |
| Glades County | Severe drought | 86% |
| Hendry County | Severe drought | 82% |
| Levy County | Severe drought | 78% |
| Orange County | Severe drought | 72% |
| Marion County | Severe drought | 64% |
| Martin County | Severe drought | 59% |
| Hernando County | Severe drought | 58% |
| Seminole County | Severe drought | 52% |
| Lee County | Severe drought | 49% |
| Osceola County | Severe drought | 47% |
| St. Lucie County | Severe drought | 43% |
| Volusia County | Severe drought | 36% |
| Taylor County | Moderate drought | 100% |
| Jefferson County | Moderate drought | 70% |
| Sumter County | Moderate drought | 22% |
| Indian River County | Moderate drought | 8% |
| Wakulla County | Moderate drought | under 1% |
| Bay County | Abnormally dry | 0% |
| Brevard County | Abnormally dry | 0% |
| Citrus County | Abnormally dry | 0% |
| Escambia County | Abnormally dry | 0% |
| Franklin County | Abnormally dry | 0% |
| Gadsden County | Abnormally dry | 0% |
| Holmes County | Abnormally dry | 0% |
| Jackson County | Abnormally dry | 0% |
| Leon County | Abnormally dry | 0% |
| Liberty County | Abnormally dry | 0% |
| Okaloosa County | Abnormally dry | 0% |
| Santa Rosa County | Abnormally dry | 0% |
| Walton County | Abnormally dry | 0% |
| Washington County | Abnormally dry | 0% |
| Calhoun County | No drought | 0% |
| Gulf County | No drought | 0% |
County links go to that county's burn ban status.
What the drought classes mean
- D4 · Exceptional drought
- Exceptional and widespread crop and pasture losses, with water emergencies in reservoirs, streams and wells.
- D3 · Extreme drought
- Major crop and pasture losses, and widespread water shortages or restrictions.
- D2 · Severe drought
- Crop and pasture losses likely, water shortages common, and water restrictions usually in force.
- D1 · Moderate drought
- Some damage to crops and pasture, streams and wells running low, and voluntary water-use cutbacks in some places.
- D0 · Abnormally dry
- Going into or coming out of drought — short-term dryness slowing planting or growth. Not drought yet, but the step before it.
The map comes from the U.S. Drought Monitor, put together each week by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln with NOAA and the USDA. We read their state and county figures every week and show them here — the Monitor's own Florida map is the picture these numbers describe.