Summer Heat

[Kathie3015]

What are the summers like in The Villages?

[saratogaman]

Usually high in the 90s but almost always a steady breeze. Humidity is usually not too bad. Even though I'm from up north, I quickly adapted to the summer heat. And I play golf in the early afternoon.

[Applepie]

Summers are my favorite time in the villages. Everything is green, lush, and typical. The flowers are all blooming. It is hot. but many times not any hotter than up north. Our heat just last longer - May thru Sepember.
The evenings are wonderful with a breeze. And not as many renters or seasonal visitors so not as much traffic with good seats and prices at the resturants. I love summers in The Villages

[gocubsgo]

Very hot and humid...70-80% chance of strong to severe storms everyday, usually every afternoon, late.

[sharonga]

Sometimes cooler than New York.

[sharonga]

yes severe thunderstorms almost every day. Our house was hit by lightening 8 days after we moved in. That was in May. Cannot believe we are here almost a year. Best year of our lives!!!!!

[Shimpy]

Very hot and humid...70-80% chance of strong to severe storms everyday, usually every afternoon, late.

Don't forget Love Bugs in May and Sept.

[jblum315]

What are the summers like in The Villages?

Hot

[duffysmom]

Having lived in South Fla I was surprised that central Fla climate is beautiful in the mornings and breezy in the evenings. The middle of the day can be extremely hot and humid then we have a brief thunderstorm (they can be awe inspiring) and it cools down. We never fail to be surprised in the Summer when the evenings turn cool; my husband ALWAYS comments that it's somewhat like the desert, hot during the day and cooler and breezy in the evenings. The humidity can be high but not as high as living on the shore during the doldrums. The most amazing thing about Fla is the light which makes everything appear crisp and crystal clear. We do no play golf mid day in the Summer but my neighbors do.

[mrsanborn]

When you are standing in the sun, think of yourself as that ant you were frying as a kid with the magnifying glass

[Mack184]

Hot
I am going to hate it..but I give thanks to God for freon, swimming pools & windows that close tightly.

[skip0358]

Summers are great to be at the Pool,Movies,Happy Hour, Shopping, early golf or just relazing. But no mater how hot I don't have to shovel it so bring it on. I found it better then summers on Long Island,

[billethkid]

What are the summers like in The Villages?
Great for the beach!!!

Much better than the summers where most of us are from. You do get used to the summer temp difference from up north.

Last year and the year before TN had more days over 90 than there were in TV!!!

btk

[graciegirl]

The summers are hot, with powerful and dramatic thundering storms almost every day and deliciously not crowded. I love it here in the summer.

Our friends play games indoors and go out to dinner and swim and catch up on crafts and reading and cards and sit on our front porch in the evenings playing first liar has the best chance and eating ice cream and caravan down to 466A to the PeachWave..

I do a lot of my art in the summer.

[mickey100]

When you are standing in the sun, think of yourself as that ant you were frying as a kid with the magnifying glass

Funny, and true. Summers are brutally hot in central Florida.

[NJblue]

My first summer, I thought, "How can people live down here with the relentless heat and humidity". My second summer, I thought, "It's hot, but no big deal ... so what if I sweat a bit (or a lot), I'll just drink more water (or beer)."

The days here are remarkably similar - usually about 91-93 every day - not the 98 - 104 type temperatures that the North received last summer. The thing that takes getting used to is the relentless nature of those 90 degree days. Once they start, they go on for months.

My favorite time down here is the fall (October/November) when the weather has broken a bit but the snowbirds have not yet arrived in full force. My second favorite time is the summer.

[Happinow]

Summers are hot and humid. Get things done by 11:00 then plan on going to a pool, shopping in the air conditioning or staying inside. The rain can be intense at times, not like the showers I'm use to up north. Don't want to get caught on the road as the torrential rain and the wind can make it a challenge to drive. I personally love the summer here. I spend most of my time in our pool and that's how I incorporate my daily exercise. Wouldn't live anywhere else!

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[rjm1cc]

Search for a chart of temperatures and humidity for the year. Compare to where you live. You will probably find Fl hotter and more humid but on any given day where you live could be hotter and more humid. That was true last summer between Fl and NJ. Best to rent for a month in the summer and see how you adjust.

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[Kathie3015]

I am from So CA but have lived in the Denver area of CO for close to 7 years. In CA I lived inland, and it got HOT! We just didn't have humidity and it rarely rained in the summer. When I say hot, it was a regular thing to have temps over 100 for weeks on end, even into November. In CO, it's still hot in the summer, but not like CA. My husband is from Jersey, but lived in the Tampa area while raising his family with his ex for over 25 years. Between us we have 5 grown kids and no grandkids. We are newlyweds, been married less than 2 years. We are yearning for more activity in our lives. We were in FL in January and we stopped by The Villages for an afternoon. It wasn't enough time. We have done nothing but talk about and research The Villages for over 2 months now. Is there any down side to living there?

[George Bieniaszek]

After spending my third winter here in The Villages (along with summers), I will take the hot temps during the summer anytime over the cold nasty winters of Connecticut anytime.

Winters in New England, you basically hibernate for three months to stay out of the cold. And as an added bonus, there is that nasty 4 letter word called SNOW to deal with.

Summers here are hot and stay hot longer than in New England, BUT you can go to the beach, the neighborhood pools, golf early morning or late afternoon, and do a multitude of other activities and not be homebound. We did not do any winter activities such as skiing, snowmobiling, etc. Too Darn Cold:), but those were our choices. Others enjoy those activities and I am not critiquing them.

[JourneyOfLife]

Summer heat is one reason I am leaning toward the in-between option. Renting/Winter visits to Florida. But I would list it as a low in terms of reasons to not do a permanent relocation. I have other reasons that I consider to be the more important issues.

To put the weather in context, I would also say cold winter weather is the primary reason I am even considering Florida as a Winter location. It is relatively close to us and affordable.

But, who knows... maybe after a few years of visits, I will get Florida fever too!

[gatherer47]

I'll take the summer heat here over the gray dreary hot Pennsylvania summers.We get the sunsine here at least.They get the cloudy skies.Nothing worse than a cloudy,hot,humid Pennsylvania summer day.I had a lifetime of them.

[EdV]

Some of us are more affected by the humidity than others. And after my first full summer here, I now head for the mountains of NC in the summer months.

It really starts to get relentless by mid July when the afternoon highs are in the 90’s and 60% humidity yields a “Real Feel” heat index temperature of 105. And this trend usually lasts well into late September. To have that kind of heat in New England for even a few days straight is very rare. In fact, up there a "heat Wave" is defined as three or more consecutive days above 90.

But as others have posted here, most folks down here find ways to deal with it and would rather deal with this problem than winters in the North.

[Cantwaittoarrive]

I love the summers here. I'm from Missouri where it's not unusual to have many days upper 90's to low 100's with 90 to 95% humidity. here in TV it rarely gets above 95 degrees so the summers are actually cooler in TV

[Thnonne]

Summers in the TV are fine. The whole place is less crowded, restaurants, golf courses, pickleball courts, etc. The businesses are air conditioned, so is your house and your car. If going outside means going to the pool, you can sit in the shade, and take a dip and then cool off in the breeze. I love it here anytime of the year.

[Madelaine Amee]

The first summer I spent here I thought I was going to die, and some days wished I had! But, now, seven years later I would not go back North for anything, even my beloved children. I think we have four really hot months, where I came from winter lasted for seven bitterly cold, dark and dreary months and everyone who could left in November and went to Florida.

Yes, it's hot and sometimes really really humid, but the air conditioning works really well here, and everywhere is air conditioned, and you do learn to manage the heat.

Years ago I met a southern lady who told me "remember dear, hot weather is uncomfortable, but cold weather really hurts".

[LndLocked]

I prefer a 3 season climate ..... Early Summer (just hot), Summer (brutally hot), Late Summer (just hot)

[Shimpy]

Next month will be my 60th anniversary in Florida, 57 of which were in South Fla. The summers are all African hot but as I age I can tolerate the heat more and the cold less. This part of the state we have slightly higher temps during the summer than to the south but much less humidity.
It's a trade off of winter with cold and snow up north verses heat and humidity here in the summer. Both climates you can get indoors and be comfortable. Here you don't have any problem getting out of your driveway or having to change tires just because it's winter.
Up north doesn't escape the hot summers, only they are shorter.

[manaboutown]

I spent my early childhood and most of my twenties in the mid atlantic area of the east coast. While there as a young adult I found humidity at summertime temperatures caused me to sweat a lot and feel lethargic. Dry heat, on the other hand, has always felt good to me although at age 71 too low a humidity leaves my skin dry and itchy. As I have grown older I have found cold weather more and more disagreeable and warm weather more welcome, regardless of humidity... to a point. I do not enjoy 90% humidity at 90 degrees F!

[travelguy]

I would like to say that the summers here are hot and humid and so unpleasant that I encourage everyone to leave. However, it is not really bad at all...we have lots of air conditioning and pools galore......and the population of TV drops dramatically. It is fine that the snowbirds migrate away and allow us to enjoy TV.

[sjdjmd]

We were planning on spending 6 weeks here in Aug. and Sept. prior to officially moving...just to see if we could stand the heat. Those 6 weeks were cooler here than in the KC area where they were having a major heat wave. Took about 3 days for us to decide TV was THE place for us. I'll gladly take the heat and do fun indoor things until the afternoon showers cool everything off.

[CaptainMorgan]

I am from So CA but have lived in the Denver area of CO for close to 7 years. In CA I lived inland, and it got HOT! We just didn't have humidity and it rarely rained in the summer. When I say hot, it was a regular thing to have temps over 100 for weeks on end, even into November. In CO, it's still hot in the summer, but not like CA. My husband is from Jersey, but lived in the Tampa area while raising his family with his ex for over 25 years. Between us we have 5 grown kids and no grandkids. We are newlyweds, been married less than 2 years. We are yearning for more activity in our lives. We were in FL in January and we stopped by The Villages for an afternoon. It wasn't enough time. We have done nothing but talk about and research The Villages for over 2 months now. Is there any down side to living there?

The "downside" issues have been discussed a lot in this forum before. Basically, there are not many, but you will find some interesting posts just be searching on "downside".

We bought our house 3 years ago and have not moved down yet we are both still working, but I have found nothing but "upsides" to this place.

Ed

[Golfingnut]

What are the summers like in The Villages?

wonderful, warm, wet, welcoming,

[EdV]

I love the summers here. I'm from Missouri where it's not unusual to have many days upper 90's to low 100's with 90 to 95% humidity....

I'm afraid that's not possible. You see a temperature of 95 and humidity of 93 yields a heat index of 151 degrees. This would be 25 degrees above the point where "heat stroke is eminent".

Also, you can't use historical temps that give you a high temp and high humidity for a given date for the heat index because those two numbers usually did not occur at the same time. i.e. it may have been 78 degrees in the morning with RH of 60 but the afternoon high of 94 might have only had an RH of 38.

For this reason, I would really like to see historical weather data start reporting the heat index high for each day.

[Shimpy]

[QUOTE=EdV;653751Also, you can't use historical temps that give you a high temp and high humidity for a given date for the heat index because those two numbers usually did not occur at the same time. i.e. it may have been 78 degrees in the morning with RH of 60 but the afternoon high of 94 might have only had an RH of 38.

For this reason, I would really like to see historical weather data start reporting the heat index high for each day.[/QUOTE]

I always question when records are broken from records set 100 years or more ago. How accurate were their gages then. I especially can't believe the accuracy of barometric pressure and humidity compared to todays digital instruments.

[JB in TV]

I always question when records are broken from records set 100 years or more ago. How accurate were their gages then. I especially can't believe the accuracy of barometric pressure and humidity compared to todays digital instruments.

Which is a question I always ask when presented with "data" that supposedly "proves" there is global warming. "But the average temperature is .5 degrees (or some other impossibly small amount) higher this decade" they claim. Point 5. Yeah right! But that is a topic for a different thread.

[Cisco Kid]

My daddy told me that in his day his shoes would get so hot walking to school the bottoms would melt to the sidewalks. That has never happened to me.
So that is proof of global cooling. Right?

[DougB]

What are the summers like in The Villages?

A lot like the winters, only hotter.

[geri317]

Hot. Hot. Hot.

[NotGolfer]

It can be hot here! BUT that being said, how are YOUR summers up north? We found that sometimes your temps are WAYYYYYYY hotter than ours here. We still go out and about but it's from our air-conditioned homes to our air-conditioned cars. You do outside activities either early or late in the day. What amazes me is folks golfing in the middle of the day when it's the hottest!! Hoping they're taking along some water as one needs to remain hydrated!!

We've found that it's not so bad living here full-time. BEATS having to shovel drives and sidewalks AND driving in the ice and snow as well. PLUS having to deal with the cold! Brrrrrrrrr!!!!

[batman911]

Get out early, relax inside during mid day, out late afternoon.

[Polar Bear]

And there are benefits from the heat. Just think of golf excuses...a drop of sweat got in my eyes, my grip slipped (wet glove)...just to list a couple. You gotta see the cup half-full. ;^)

(Oh no...I didn't mean to start the half-empty/half-full discussion again!! :^O )

[graciegirl]

And there are benefits from the heat. Just think of golf excuses...a drop of sweat got in my eyes, my grip slipped (wet glove)...just to list a couple. You gotta see the cup half-full. ;^)

(Oh no...I didn't mean to start the half-empty/half-full discussion again!! :^O )

You know. You are a VERY likable person, Polar Bear. Is your brother the Golden Bear? He is from Columbus, Ohio just like us. However, I do NOT play golf like him.

[Polar Bear]

You know. You are a VERY likable person, Polar Bear...

Awww, shucks. :o

..Is your brother the Golden Bear? He is from Columbus, Ohio just like us...

Nahhh. He's not even my favorite golfer...I'm an Arnie guy!! :D Polar Bear is just an allusion to my alma mater, a much smaller school than OSU...heheh.

...I do NOT play golf like him.

I knew we had something in common! :laugh:

[Schaumburger]

It can be hot here! BUT that being said, how are YOUR summers up north? We found that sometimes your temps are WAYYYYYYY hotter than ours here. We still go out and about but it's from our air-conditioned homes to our air-conditioned cars. You do outside activities either early or late in the day. What amazes me is folks golfing in the middle of the day when it's the hottest!! Hoping they're taking along some water as one needs to remain hydrated!!

We've found that it's not so bad living here full-time. BEATS having to shovel drives and sidewalks AND driving in the ice and snow as well. PLUS having to deal with the cold! Brrrrrrrrr!!!!

I would gladly trade the snow and ice of a Chicago winter for the summers in TV! And for the winter just ended Chicago actually had about 5 inches of snow less than the average winter. Oh to be a frog . . . :sigh:

[HMLRHT1]

The summers are the best part of living here. Only half of the population is here and you can do anything you want without having to stand in line :beer3:

[LndLocked]

It is only 6 months of oppressive heat & humidity, mosquitos the size of Hummingbirds and cockroaches big enough to saddle the keeps The Sunshine State from being as populated as California. ;-)

[graciegirl]

It is only 6 months of oppressive heat & humidity, mosquitos the size of Hummingbirds and cockroaches big enough to saddle the keeps The Sunshine State from being as populated as California. ;-)

By George. I think you are on to something.

[buggyone]

It is only 6 months of oppressive heat & humidity, mosquitos the size of Hummingbirds and cockroaches big enough to saddle the keeps The Sunshine State from being as populated as California. ;-)

Knowing you are joking - but the heat and humidity are far less than what we had in Washingon DC; I have seen NO mosquitoes in the 3 years I have been in The Villages; and the roaches are non-existent as well if you use a pest management company.

Wow, those summers in Washington DC were miserable. Car exhaust fumes, inversion layer keeping that bad air trapped and percolating, the heat building up in the concrete canyons, and TRAFFIC. So happy to be in The Villages!!!