It is dry season in Central Florida, where the rain is less frequent and the skies are much brighter. 

This is the time of the year that we rely on cold fronts to bring us the rain.

We've definitely seen our fair share of cold fronts each week, but the fronts this year have been lacking meaningful rain.

Most of Central Florida experienced one of its driest Januarys on record.

We saw abnormally dry conditions expand across the region in the drought monitor. Fortunately, there are no areas in official drought just yet, but this could change in February.

Orlando. Daytona Beach and Melbourne all finished the month with more than a two-inch rain deficit.

Leesburg and Sanford were more than an inch drier than normal.

January is not a notoriously wet month for Central Florida, but all cities had one of their driest on record.

Normal rainfall for each location is a little more than two inches.

While it felt like we were caught reaching for the jacket quite frequently due to all the cold fronts, temperatures actually finished close to average.

Orlando, Sanford, and Daytona Beach all were right near average while Leesburg and Melbourne finished more than a degree warmer than normal.

Records for Orlando go back to 1892, 1923 in Daytona Beach, 1948 in Sanford, 1937 in Melbourne, and 1959 for Leesburg.