April 2025 nowhere close to being one of the driest in Fort Myers history
Gulf Coast News
[{'start': '0.833', 'end': '6.906', 'text': "SO YOU GET IN AND GET OUT    QUICKLY.   >> JUST LOOKING TO GET A HOT   WORK OUT IN THE TEMPERATURES   COMING UP THIS WEEK BROUGHT   YOU CAN PROBABLYLY TO STEP ON   OUT. YEAH, IT TAKES ME LIKE 10    MINUTES WET OUT THERE. SO I    MENTIONED BEFORE THE    COMMERCIAL BREAK, YOU KNOW,   APRIL HAS BEEN SUPER SUPER   DRY. WANT TO TAKE A GUESS AS    TO WHERE RING SOME TERMS OF   THE DRIEST IN FORT MYERS   HISTORY. 4TH, DRIEST EVER, 10   EVEN CLOSE. I WAS TO SUPPRESS    32ND LOCAL NUMBERS HERE. IT    WAS JUST A 30ND DRIEST APRIL   IN THE MONTH OF FORT MYERS   RATHER IN THE CITY OF FORT   MYERS.   >> LAST MONTH IN APRIL, WE   ACTUALLY MANAGED TO GET 0.7, 6    INCHES OF RAIN. THE THING IS    ONLY RAIN. TODAY'S DURING THE    MONTH OF APRIL IN 2025. BUT    APRIL IS A NOTORIOUSLY DRY   TIME OF THE YEAR AROUND HERE.   AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A 3 WAY    TIE FOR THE DRIEST MONTH OF    APRIL IN THE CITY OF FORT   MYERS WHEN THERE WAS ONLY A    TRACE OF RAIN IN 3 DIFFERENT   YEARS. THEIR 1970, 1967, IN 19    0, 3, SO EVEN TO GET INTO THE   TOP 10, YOU HAVE TO END UP   WITH LESS THAN 0.1, 5 INCHES   OF RAIN IN THE CITY OF FORT   MYERS. SO I KNOW IT'S BEEN   SUPER SUPER DRY, BUT    PERSPECTIVE HERE. IT'S NOWHERE    CLOSE TO BEING THE DRIEST   APRIL HERE AND IN THE LEAST IN   THE CITY OF FORT MYERS. HAVING   SAID THAT, THOUGH, WE DID NOT   GET GOOD NEWS WITH THE UPDATED   DROUGHT MONITOR TODAY. EXTREME    DROUGHT HAS EXPANDNDED AND NOW   INCLUDES 100% IN COLLIER   COUNTY. 91% OF HENDRY COUNTY    AND 34% OF LEE COUNTY ON THE   MAP HERE THAT CATCH UP COLOR   RED. THAT TAKES OVER PARTS OF   LEE COUNTY AND NOW ALL OF   COLLIER. THAT'S WHERE THAT    EXTREME DROUGHT IS. SO ON A   SCALE OF ONE TO 5, THAT'S A 4    OUT OF 5 ON THE DROUGHT    MONITOR. A LITTLE PIECE OF   GOOD NEWS IS AT THE EXTREME   DROUGHT. CONDITIONS HAVE NOT   EXPANDED MUCH NORTHWARD. SO    UNLIKE IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY, IN   DESOTO COUNTY, I KNOW THINGS   HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY BETTER, BUT   THEY ALSO DIDN'T GET ANY   WORSE. WE WE STILL HAVE SEVERE   DROUGHT CONDITIONS HERE, BUT   AT LEAST WE DON'T HAVE THE   EXTREME DROUGHT THAT'S BEEN    GROWING ACROSS AREAS OF LEE    COUNTY AND HENDRY COUNTY."}]