When will the rain end? What the forecast says about this and other downpours
When is the rain going to end? That depends on which word you emphasize in that sentence.
If you are referring to this rain, the deluge that flooded South Florida on Monday with two to four inches and some isolated areas nearing eight inches, there’s an endgame. There’s also still a flood watch in effect through Wednesday morning for coastal Miami-Dade and Broward counties.
If you are referring to when will the rain stop, as in all dry days, well, how does the fall sound?
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When will this rain stop in South Florida?
“We probably won’t see much improvement, really, until Thursday,” said Robert Molleda, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Miami.
Be prepared for another wet day Tuesday into Wednesday with the threat of flooding across Miami-Dade and Broward counties on saturated grounds likely. That’s because there will be periods of heavy rain and a mass of lingering unstable and humid air swirling about South Florida.
“The rainfall Thursday and even Friday, it’s not going to be as widespread as it has been the last couple days — and as it will be today and tomorrow,” Molleda said on Tuesday morning as rains continued to soak the area.
“On Thursday our rain chances go down to about 40% so that’s the improvement we’re talking about,” Molleda said. “Essentially, we have about a 50% chances of rain over the weekend, which, for June, that’s about the typical rain chance that you would see on a given day.”
When will the rain stop?
Got a backup umbrella? A fashionable raincoat?
“As far as like a totally dry day?” At least the meteorologist didn’t laugh at us for asking the question.
“We’re pretty much into our rainy season pattern now. A dry day, like 10% or 20%? We don’t see that schedule for a while,” Molleda said. “It’s rare that we’re going to have those days moving forward here in the rainy season.”
This story was originally published June 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM.
