Parana, the most southerly coffee state, was expected to get 88 millimeters of rain on Friday. It had 161 millimeters of rain October 1-23, or 11 percent more than the October average .
However, rainfall was around 37 percent below average in Brazil's prime coffee area of south Minas and the important forested coffee areas of Minas Gerais and Espirito Santo have had virtually no rain this month.
In September, the key south Minas coffee area had 50 percent more rain than usual, Minas forested zone about 90 percent more rain and the Minas Cerrado 5 percent more rain. The rain encouraged flowering of next year's crop.
Trade estimates for next year's crop range between 45 million and 52 million 60-kg bags, reflecting an upturn in arabica's biennial production cycle, favourable rains and increased crop care.