National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce
Onset of Wet and Dry Seasons at Melbourne, FL
(Updated through 2023)

 

 

Wet Season Start

Dry Season Start

Wet Season Length

Median Date

5/28

10/17

144 days

Earliest

5/7 (1972, 1966)

9/23 (2021)

Shortest-109 (2006)

Latest

7/6 (1998)

11/16 (2020)

Longest-185 (2020)

1950
5/30 

11/4

158

1951
6/10

11/3

146

1952
5/17

10/28

164

1953
6/3

10/22

141

1954
5/27

10/15

141

1955
6/11

10/14

125

1956
5/25

10/18

146

1957
5/11 (estimated)

10/5

147

1958
5/23 (estimated)

10/20

150

1959
5/11

10/25

167

1960
5/29

10/22

146

1961
5/26

10/15

142

1962
6/7

10/19

134

1963
5/23

10/20

150

1964
6/2

10/16

136

1965
6/7

10/22

137

1966
5/7

10/14

160

1967
6/2

101/0

130

1968
5/24

10/20

149

1969
5/14

11/3

173

1970
5/24

10/31

160

1971
6/7

11/10

156

1972
5/7

10/6

152

1973
5/24 (estimated)

10/24

153

1974
5/14

10/8

147

1975
5/10

10/19

162

1976
5/12

10/1

142

1977
5/26

10/4

131

1978
6/1

10/7

128

1979
5/28

10/6

131

1980
5/15

10/5

143

1981
5/27

10/16

142

1982
5/19

10/16

150

1983
5/30

10/25

148

1984
6/11

10/2

113

1985
6/10

11/4

147

1986
6/4

10/17

135

1987
5/9

10/2

146

1988
6/5 (estimated)

10/8

125

1989
6/6

10/19

135

1990
5/25

10/25

153

1991
5/13

10/11

151

1992
5/28

10/12

137

1993
5/28

10/17

142

1994
5/28

10/17

142

1995
5/20

10/19

152

1996
5/21

10/9

141

1997
5/19

10/19

153

1998
7/6

10/28

114

1999
5/27

10/22

148

2000
6/5

10/9

126

2001
5/22

10/26

157

2002
6/7

10/17

132

2003
6/2

10/15

135

2004
6/1

10/14

135

2005
5/31

10/25

147

2006
6/11

9/28

109

2007
6/1

11/3

155

2008
6/10

10/15

127

2009
5/18

9/30

135

 2010

 5/30

9/30

123

2011

6/24
(second latest)

 10/19

 117

2012

5/27

10/28

154

2013 5/19 10/10  144
2014 6/11 10/5 116
2015 5/31 10/3 125
2016 5/17  10/21 157
2017 5/30 10/25 148
2018 5/13 10/12 152
2019 6/1 11/10 162
2020 5/15 11/16 185
2021 6/1 9/23 114
2022 6/1 9/30 121
2023 5/22 10/14 145


Data Sources:

Melbourne MLBF1 1950-2000 International Airport 2001-present