Is there acid rain in Florida?

Acidic deposition, or acid rain as it is commonly known, occurs when emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx) react in the atmosphere with water, oxygen, and oxidants to form acidic compounds. read more

Acid rain occurs in Florida, but the degree of acidity of the state's rainfall is much less than that of the Northeast U.S., where most of the ecological damage associated with acid rain has been found. read more

In August 1986, acid rain did $275,000 worth of damage by corroding the paint on 2,000 BMW cars parked at the Jacksonville port. After a dozen acid rain incidents at the port, BMW of North America Inc. left industrial Jacksonville. The subtler environmental impacts in Florida -- if there are some -- are harder to gauge. read more

The states listed as extremely vulnerable to the effects of acid rain and the average pH of rainfall were Connecticut, 4.4; Kentucky, 4.4; Maine, 4.4; Massachusetts, 4.1; Michigan, 4.4; New Hampshire, 4.3; New Jersey, 4.3; New York, 4.2; North Carolina, 4.4; Pennsylvania, 4.2; Rhode Island, 4.4; South Carolina, 4.6; Vermont, 4.3; West Virginia, 4.3, and Wisconsin, 4.5. read more