How hot is it????
 

Hi all! First post....

My wife and I have been there a few times, but never in the Summer. We REALLY like TV and would like to move there next year full time. We have been checking temperatures and are wondering just what it feels like down there??

It seems this year has been abnormally hot, and we are not even into the hottest part of the year yet. I really don't want the expense of two places, but I don't know if we can stand the heat for that long. Any comments???

We are coming down again in January for six weeks, so we need to figure this out. We would like to find a place then and then move down around mid to late Summer.

Thanks!!

So far this summer has been the hottest in the four years we've lived here full time! Where we lived in NC also got pretty hot and humid in the summer so I cannot tell you how the heat would effect you here. Luckily we have a lot of breezes and usually a late afternoon thunderstorm that usually cools things off making for a nice evening (if the storm passes). We just take advantage of air conditioning and enjoy the other nine months of the year that are usually beautiful!

Hot! hot! hot! 🔥☀️🌞 But then Fall comes and it's fantastic, then Winter comes and there's no snow. ⛄️ So it's worth dealing with heat......

Some summers are hotter than others .... this one has been a little above "normal".

The above was a personal observation based on 55 years of experience with Sunshine State summers.

BTW ..... "normal" = surface of the sun hot, with humidity high enough to make you wish you had gills.

Moved here from the NY snow belt 3 years ago. It took a bit getting used to the heat in summer but we just go where there is A/C and try to golf on courses that have a little shade. The other seasons are great.

How Hot is it
 

Obviously different people have varying heat/humidity/cold preferences

I would suggest you rent a home during the hottest months and see how the heat affects you

A months rental of about $1000 would answer your questions

I have often heard the comment I would rather stay indoors for a few weeks than shovel snow

You might also take a vacation at the hottest times

Sure you will enjoy TV lifestyle

Cooling down today 95 degrees 110 heat index. It only last a while - May to October. No problem getting tee times. No lines in restaurants. Beats shoveling snow (May - October?). Don't worry your body will adjust after living in the south for a while. Here is an interesting experiment - turn off the air conditioner today to see how well your body is acclimating plus save a buck.

I strongly agree with renting for a month in the summer to get a feel if you can tolerate the heat. The heat was part of the reason we left Florida - was tired up being locked up in a/c for 5 months. But I am extremely sensitive to the heat so you need to try for yourself to see how it affects you.

You just learn to schedule your life a little differently- outdoor activities in early morning or evening, indoor activities midday (such as games or classes at rec centers or perhaps a daily siesta!) You're retired- no pressure!

Pretty much nailed my thoughts. I also think renting during the hottest part of the summer is a good idea, and it needs to be for at least a month. We found that opening up the windshield on the golf cart really helps. After last nights rain, we were able to open up the house to the porch because the temp dropped back to the high 70s.

It was so hot yesterday that when I took the dog for a walk, the trees were calling him.

Yesterday (Sunday) we came home from church and dinner at Cody's at around 1 pm. I turned on Weather Bug to see how hot it was. The app said it was 93 degrees and the "feel like" temperature was 150 degrees! Obviously a computer typo that meant 105 but it sure was hot and humid!

We came down 6 years ago in mid-July to see if we could take the Florida summer at it's hottest. We looked first around St. Augustine and it was super-humid there. We next came to The Villages and found it to be hot and humid BUT not as bad as the Washington DC area where we were living. We BOUGHT and have never regretted the decision.

Plan your day accordingly with the heat and enjoy your a/c.

It's hot and humid. It's Florida and it's July. what do you expect. Most of us have decided to trade this weather for freezing temperatures and snow. I haven't seen any real snow in five years. I saw a dusting when I visited my family in Boston two years ago. I'll take the heat anytime.

If you're going to come down here and complain about the heat in the summer, you may not want to come. If you think that trading a few months of hot humid weather for freezing cold and snow, then you'll love it here.

If you can afford to have two homes and you don't get hot humid weather where you come from up north, then that is a perfect solution. If you can't afford or choose not to afford two homes, then you make a choice and accept the downside of whatever choice you make.

Don't rely on our opinions, you have to come down and experience it for yourself. We moved to Florida 25 years ago and love the summers.

:BigApplause:

I have no problems with the heat and play tennis almost every morning. We look forward to what we call a 10:00 breeze - invariably there is a small breeze at that time. As most of the other posters indicated, we have different tolerance levels for hot and cold. We have a small pool that is so refreshing when we do get hot - especially if doing some work outside. Evenings are almost always nice. Now if January and February were just a little warmer, I'd be happier.

Absolutely....our problem isn't that it's too hot in Florida, but rather, it's too cold this far north in Florida in the winter!!

The weather won't change, you have to learn to adjust to the months. My wife has already told me she isn't moving any farther south.

Are people watering 2, 3 or 4 times a week in this heat? After receiving pictures taken by friends that show my brown yard in TV, I called my lawn maintenance people to have them take a look. Their suggestion was to increasing the days of watering from two to 3 or more. The lawn looked fine when we left late in June. I am just curious as to how others in TV are keeping their lawns looking good this hot summer.

I agree. It's been hotter in KC (where we moved from) this week than here and the humidity is just as bad. Honey and I can stand the heat, we just got to the point where we hated the winters; I don't care if I ever see snow or ice again - except on TV.

Inside or outside temperature?
I think you will find a lot of people inside in the afternoons.
So the question is will you be in A/C most of the time or out playing sports etc. If going from inside place to another inside place it is probably not much different than where you live. But the humidity might be a little higher.

You're going to be able to move to Cuba soon.

The older I get the less torrent my body is of the cold. I just HATE the cold any more. I lived in Naples but the summers there are a bit better IMO due to the Gulf breeze. I don't recall it ever hitting 100. Now with that said it was in the 90's for 8 months a year. I only worked in Gainesville (a better comparison) for 2 months one summer. I found the Carolina coast hotter personally. I can deal with the heat, the cold just makes me miserable…not to mention depressed. :cold:

It's very possible that your lawn people are cutting the grass too low.

If I'm not mistaken, either deed restrictions or county ordinances permit watering only twice per week. If you have a good lawn to begin with, southern grasses shouldn't need much more than that. Besides, it rains for a hour or so almost every day.

Most lawn "maintenance" people, (think mower operators) don't have a clue about what to do with a lawn. There pat answer is to increase watering. When in fact that probably is not the answer. Assuming you have Zoysia grass it is not unusual for it to turn brown in the heat of summer and less rain.
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I suspect it's the sun at different angle than up north also. I really feel it midday, but as others do I stay out of it for long periods of time. I also have to watch out due skin problems in the pass.

I'm the same way, but everyone is different. My brother hates the heat and feels that temperatures in the 40s are comfortable. He came down once in February and the minute he got off the plane he was complaining about the heat. It was 79 degrees. He got used to it in a day or so and had a good time.

My 2 cents worth is this- I laugh when people say it is humid here in the summer. I come from Maryland and the humidity here is much less than what I was used to. I have a brother visiting from Binghamton,NY and yesterday he made the comment that it isn't very humid here. It is hot but not much hotter than most of the east coast if you actually compare temps. The only real answer for you and most others is to make that visit during the summer months and see for yourself as the heat and humidity are all relative to what you are used to. Better to spend one month here checking it out than to move here and find out that you don't like it.

Electricity is cheaper here than up north and we all have central ac. Its Paradise!

Thanks for all the comments! I really think the heat is a good trade-off for no more snow! We'll spend six weeks there in January and February. Hopefully we can find a place that will work!! :BigApplause:

the heat tradeoff
 

I have only lived in San Francisco and Florida. I grew up in Florida and the thing I notice about the summer heat is that it isn't as bad as you first step out of the air conditioning and move on. Love the spring, fall and winters down here. My wife is from Cape Cod and has never gotten used to the heat.

Summer is a 4.5 month season. It lasts from mid-may until the beginning of October. If it's not raining (showers rarely last longer than 15 to 20 minutes) the heat index is 100 to 110. Rain can drop the temp 30 degrees but as soon as it stops the steam bath begins and it's not unusual to see "steam" rising from the pavement. AC is a must (I remember going to school with no AC and it was not fun having sweat drip off of your forehead onto your paper) and makes it tolerable along with our multiple pools (you must have AC in the car too). October until mid-May are wonderful although it can get cold for a few days in winter (temp can range from the 20's to the upper 70's).

I see people commenting on it being 'worst heat this summer', well, last year when I moved here full time starting in June, people said THAT summer was the worst ever. I was so happy to finally be here full time that I hardly noticed it. Yeah, I knew it was hot but I also stayed in A/C up north when I was too hot. What's the diff? Then the fall came and I got over it. Now I'm visiting PA and it's actually hotter here than in TV. Summer is hot. Period. Ours just lasts longer. And I hate winter snow so I deal with it.

Come for the summer and see how you like it. My neighbor, a daily morning golfer and three or four times a day dog walker, has decided due to health problems to start going North for a month each summer. For the rest of us we just stay in A/C. On any given day it can be hotter up North but for the whole summer you will get more heat and humidity in FL.

Absolutely
 

Love TV and also love NE. Downsize up north and buy a village villa. No snow and no oven

Best of both worlds if one can afford it.

Actually, you'll adjust....to the heat or rescheduling your outdoor time during the few months that are hot.

Just checked the Weather Channel. Feels like 89 in TV. Feels like 95 in South Jersey.