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Originally Posted by Rosethorn
We came from Edwardsville, Illinois (near St. Louis). I talked my husband into this gig by promising him that Florida would be a warm and toasty place!
Right now, temperatures in The Villages and Edwardsville are somewhat similar.
Is this typical weather here? Or an anomaly?
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We too moved here 14 yrs ago from the Midwest. It was 2009 and that winter was just like it is lately....cold. A friend we knew, who had a place here intimated we wouldn't need winter clothes....so I believed her and got rid of most of my warm things. MISTAKE!!! Yes, Dec., Jan. and Feb. can be unusual. We're in Central Fl.---watch the weather news and you'll get the information. Florida used to be full of orange groves---they "might" have disappeared due to the growth of people coming for the weather BUT in the '80's a bad cold snap with frost affected the growers because they lost so many trees. Yes, it does get chilly here but it won't last. Many times if you bundle up and get busy outside, eventually as the sun will be too warm for the jacket and you'll shed it. I remember laughing at a person at one of our pools who'd said our blood gets "thinner" once we've lived here a couple of years. They were correct. Florida is much better than up north---even in the summer months when the heat/humidity hit. I hope to never move back to the frozen tundra with it's snow/ice etc.
Since living here....we're so glad we don't live on either coast that seem to be affected most by the storms. Also the panhandle gets much harsher weather than here---even a bit of snow (it doesn't last). We think Central FL is the best place. You will find our weather (even the rain etc) is different than up north. It "might" rain in your neighborhood (or it won't) when other places get drenched. Yes, be aware but it won't last.