As spring wears on, there is hope the worst of this season will soon pass, and that relief is coming. In Florida, the rainy season begins on May 15, followed soon after by the start of the Atlantic hurricane season. But there's not much wet weather on the horizon in the Sunshine State — or, anywhere across the Southeast.

"We just can't seem to shake this," said Zachary Handlos, director of atmospheric and oceanic sciences at Georgia Tech. Until the current patterns shift, he said, "the risk is going to remain high."