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Originally Posted by Rainger99
I moved to The Villages in June of last year. One of the things that I noticed was that, about 4 PM every day, we had torrential rains. It would pour for about 30 minutes and then stop. I remember seeing the water running off the neighbor's house (no gutters) and water accumulating in the flower beds. The rain frequently had loud thunder and lightning.
This summer, the rain has been much less frequent. I don't think we have had more than a handful of torrential rains all summer. If we do get rain, it is usually a quick sprinkle - about .1 inch or less.
My question is - which is the typical weather - last year or this year?
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it's all up to the Gulf and Atlantic 'breezes' and where they meet. That varies, and being that we are Central Florida it's pretty much the main stage for the action. While it's far better than Tampa, I've been through those and they get hit real hard most times. Our 'hits' are nasty, sometimes they will skirt by, but when the storm arrives it's a hard one.
This is Florida - afternoon rain in the summer pretty much everywhere except a couple locations. We used to live by the Space Center, overall we had far less rain than central FL. Tampa area - while it gets hit hard when it does rain - it doesn't all that often.
It's all about location, but in the mean time - get used to the rain - get gutters, your house will be better off, and know that your summer day will have a break in it on a regular basis
You'll get used to reading the sky