JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 The ongoing drought has been historic across Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia. Factoring in the dry ground and the recent wind and cold, the risk for fires to spread is higher. We have had several reported brush fires over the past few days.<\/p>\n
To put into perspective how dry it has been, let\u2019s look at total rainfall from the early end of the wet season in late August through early February (Aug. 25 through Feb. 1st). <\/p>\n
Drought information.<\/p>\n
Jacksonville International Airport has received only 8.80\u2033 of rain during that time period. That means we are 12.12\u2033 in deficit, and it\u2019s the second driest stretch on record for the Jacksonville area since 1871, when looking at the same time period. <\/p>\n
RELATED: JFRD: Westside brush fire \u2018under control,\u2019 no homes damaged<\/a> | Why are you seeing heavy smoke despite few wildfire flames? The conditions causing hazards for Florida drivers<\/a><\/p>\n Rainfall deficits from the past year.<\/p>\n When looking back at the past year, several locations are reporting a rainfall deficit of around or above 15\u2033<\/p>\n It\u2019s important to continue to follow the following tips regarding fire weather safety. <\/p>\n Information regarding the elevated fire danger from the National Weather Service in Jacksonville.<\/p>\n Keep in mind several counties across the state are under a burn ban.<\/p>\n A map showing county enacted burn bans from the Florida Forest Service.<\/p>\n Counties in solid red have a burn ban. Keep in mind that yard debris burn is always prohibited in the other shaded counties. <\/p>\n Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 The ongoing drought has been historic across Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia. Factoring in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117,221],"class_list":["post-143735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}