ORLANDO, Fla. — A much needed soaking came to Central Florida this past weekend when a strong cold front rolled through and more rain is likely this Friday.

This was a welcomed sight, because most of Central Florida went dry starting in September after an extremely wet May and summer season.

Outside of Flagler County, all east Central Florida counties experienced one of their top 20 driest falls on record.

Flagler County only had a rainfall deficit of 1.51 inches this fall.  Meanwhile, Orange, Osceola, Brevard, Seminole and Lake counties all experienced one of their top 10 driest falls on record.

In fact, it was the driest fall on record in Brevard County. The average rainfall from September through November for the county is 14.73 inches. The area only received 5.53 inches leaving a more than 9 inch deficit.

Since August the deficit is nearly 12 inches for Brevard County, and this area largely missed out on this past weekend’s rain. This drier weather has put Brevard County in the moderate drought category so far.

Of course, the drought monitor is updated every Thursday.

The meteorological winter (December 1 through February 28) weather outlook calls for a wetter than average season for Florida. Records for these numbers date back to 1895.

                       Fall Rain Deficits 

BREVARD COUNTY:         -9.20”          Driest on Record

FLAGLER COUNTY:           -1.51”          52nd Driest

LAKE COUNTY:                   -5.26”         9th Driest

MARION COUNTY:           -4.39”           16th Driest

ORANGE COUNTY:           -5.68”           8th Driest

OSCEOLA COUNTY:          -6.55”           4th Driest

SEMINOLE COUNTY:        -5.89”           7th Driest

SUMTER COUNTY:            -4.48”          14th Driest

**Records for these numbers date back to 1895.**