The heat in the villages
 

How hot does it get in the Villages?? I am thinking of moving to the Villages, and I am from Long Island. Are the summers any worse that they are in Long Island?

I have been to the Villages three times already. I think it is a great place to live. It seems like a lot of fun, driving that golf cart around. But as always, there is someone who will talk against living in Florida and say I will hate it when it gets really hot.

Hi there, Tomcat. It gets warm, but the summers I've been here have been cooler than summers in other parts of the country. My family lives in New England and they've had some pretty miserable days this summer. Long Island gets hot and humid doesn't it in July and August?

I think when people make assumptions about summer in Florida, they think more of the humid areas to the south of us. Honestly, the humidity around here is less than in Sarasota where our son and his family lived for a few years.

I've been following the feel like temps for our area and other parts of the country that are significant to me.....it's not any worse here, actually better. Come for a visit during the summer. If it's hot, remember everything is air-conditioned. If you really want to be outside, go when it's cooler in the earlier part of the day.

Tom ---

I live on the Island also ... my wife didnt think Florida was for her because of the heat ..but we visited last July --it was hot---But not any hotter than it been here the last week !!! and florida is more ready for it --everything is A/C properly --..
The real part of the summer there is treated like Mid winter here ....Stay inside or in airconditioned places....the difference is around 5 pm or so everyone comes out ---and you need not shovel to get out the door or dig out the car...:wave:

Its been 90 + most of the summer. I love it!

You can look up historical tempetures. I think you will find not much difference in the summer tempetures. To me if it is 85 in LI and 90 in TV I don't think that makes much of a difference. Espicaly if you are going to be inside.Two things to consider is how much of a breeze do you have and the humdity. I think you will find the humidity higher in TV. However on any given day it can be cooler and less humidity than LI.

how cool does it stay in the villages?
 

We're eternal optimists hence the edited subject line/heading.

We bought both TV homes hastily because of the opportunities

We are not living there yet, but visited 10 times in 2009 and a few this year
We deliberately came on June 21, the longest day (to coincide with Father's day '09) and late august '09 supposedly the hottest season.

not a whole lot if any worse than Maryland.

Just add 'Lady lake' and 'Oxford' to your searches and favorites on Weather Channel and you can keep up daily.

We asked a few people and concluded that because none of the 31 billion that have walked this mothership for thousands of years, no two are alike.

Ask 10 people get 15 opinions.

We had mid 90's last June and low 100's in august '09.

We cranked the climate control on a tad to bring the inside to 85 then use open windows at night with discreet window fans (out of sight) and the joint stays nice without AC most ofd the time

Same up here in Md.

We have yet to use the AC and could very well get through the year without it- though the last three days barely got us under 90 at night - if it weren't for todays high wind, high rain storm, we might have had trouble getting the inside under 90

long story short, we are training for the season and doing quite well, so by the time we 'more time' in TV, we'll be very tolerant of the increased temps.

Because our places are often rented out when we visit, we have some great hosts with a Premiere.
They don't use heat or AC either, except for occasional visitors that use it in the guest room.

Th gentle breezes, swimming pools, and low incidence of bugs makes TV in the heat a fine place to be outside all year


L&L

not a problem
 

We moved here last Sept. after 61 years on LI. Believe me it's not as bad as LI. We had far more humidity on LI. Don't let the weather here be a concern. The best part you don't have to SHOVEL heat. Hurry down

Atlanta is worse than TV for sure. More humidity, smog and not much if any breeze during summer. Don't know how LI stacks up in these categories. However, I agree with others: look at the heat index vs. just temp.; and visit TV in the summer.

We were in TV a week ago and played golf 4 of the 5 days we were there. So to me, very tolerable. Keep in mind though, there are many other things to do in TV. You don't have to stay home to avoid the heat! Besides outdoor swimming, there are plenty of indoor activities at the recreation centers. There are movie theatres and bowling alleys in TV too. Of course, everything is well air conditioned. And...

you'll never have to shovel the heat!

Hot, But Bearable
 

Hello Tomcat, I live in suburban Chicago and visited TV for the first time 2 weeks ago. I deliberately picked July to visit TV because I wanted to see how I would react to the Florida heat/humidity. Yes, it was hot and humid, but I paced myself during the daytime and got around just fine. 2 days ago, the temp. in Chicago reached 94 degrees, and I slogged around downtown Chicago with some friends Friday afternoon to attend an event. My plan is to rent a villa in TV during the summer of 2011 for a week or two to see how things go, as it will be a few years before I can move to TV. For me the thought of not having to deal with snow and ice from December through March outweighs the heat and humidity of Florida in the summer. I've spent 50 winters in the midwest, and I would like to spend my golden years in a place where I don't need to own a snow shovel or a snow brush for my car.

Laura

Here are the Lady Lake stats for April 1 to today. Should give you idea of how hot it has been.


http://www.wunderground.com/history/...q_statename=NA

Oh Tomcat,

I just realized you are a new poster and I failed to say,

:welcome: to TOTV. Hope you'll stick around and chat with us often!

I always hated Florida because it was too hot and humid. Swore that i would never move here. After a few visits I realized that I am only outside walking to and from my car/store/pool/restaurant. I am not a kid anymore who plays outside all day. Yes it is oppressively hot here in the summer. Hotter than Long Island. Hotter than hell at times but the mornings and late afternoons are usually pleasant. My dogs, who hate the sun, go on the lanai each morning to bask in the morning sun. I like to read on the lanai in the evening. The A/C in my home is much better than in any of my previous 8 homes. My wife is watching TV with a blanket around her. Once summer is over it is really nice. There has to be a reason why so many people vacation in hot locales. Hot is cool!

It's a freaking, humid oven.
I now live in the warmer months in the Hudson Valley, NY. In the cooler months we'll live in TV.
The good thing is that most everything in Florida is under a.c.
I've lived in many places in my life, including Alabama and Florida as a child and there's nothing like the heat and humidity of Florida.
That being said, if you're uncertain about the weather by all means spend some time in TV in the summer.

4 seasons
 

Somebody told me that Florida has four seasons:

Hurricane season

Love bug season

Tourist season

Summer season



Is this accurate?

5 seasons

April Love Bugs
Sept Love Bugs


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Larryandlinda, I wonder how is it possible to use AC only in the guest room?

zoned AC (plus an interesting digression)
 

our hosts (who were prominent and influential DC personalities) decided a few years ago that the retiring gentleman, a noted physician, discovered that he needed more vitamin D.

The wife went to Florida a couple times and called me at work to ask bout one of her bikes.
A customer (who owned a home in TV as well as Maryland and Utah) happened to be in the shop at the time said to tell her to check out TV.

She called a few days later and said she closed on a Villa, and they would be staying there 'during the winters'

We asked, "you mean September through May?" with a mutual wink.
Well, the doc went down after the settlement and he sipped the VillageAde and became the man who never returned.

On the market went the Maryland home.

Within a year several friends, including us, visited, and now a half dozen of us shared the potion and bought in.

At their Villa you lived the way they did , though they always offered to turn on the Heat or AC, we opted out.

In their new Miona Bridgeport place, the guest area (two rooms and a bath with a 'pocket door' to the hall, has its own zone and hvac handler, though we still opt out.

It makes going outside and enjoying the compound much easier.

We do appreciate the pleasure of climate control from time to time but treat it more as a luxury .

L&L

I didn't realize that TV offered zoned AC. Was that an option?

The heat in the villages
 

We moved here last Sept. after 61 years on LI. Believe me it's not as bad as LI. We had far more humidity on LI. Don't let the weather here be a concern. The best part you don't have to SHOVEL heat. Hurry down
__________________
Patchogue, NY; Village of Bonita Sept.09

I wish you could SHOVEL heat - I would buy the biggest shovel there is to buy

The myth
 

I would like to keep our summers here in The Villages just the way they are
when many people leave, but I have to dispel the Myth that Florida is warmer and more humid in the summer than eveywhere else.

JUST LOOK AT THE FACTS:

Check the national weather maps each day in july and august.

Yesteday the high in Miami was 10 degrees lower than it was in Washington.


The myth is an emotional one based on life styles in Florida.
We spend more time outside.

Russ, you can always add dampers to the duct system after construction, along with additional thermostats. Costs a bit more that way, but if you can isolate the zones with doors, it does work.

IMO if you go in with the mindset that Florida is going to be hot and humid in the summer there won't be any surprises.

Some days it might not be as hot and humid as here in IL, for example, but the hot season starts earlier and goes on longer in FL vs. the northern areas.

I think when you factor in the "what it feels like" temperature based on the humidity, the actual temperature changes. In point, at 12:11 PM it is currently 90 degrees in Lady Lake but it "feels like 101". In Andover, NJ it is 79 - feels like 80. In Washington DC it is 84 feels like 83.

I use www.weather.com to check different cities.

Right now in my town the temp is 81 and "feels like" 81. Last week was more like Lady Lake is right now.

I came to TV from St. Louis, which has been known for its high humidity (the British government used to pay its consular staff a tropical adjustment for service there). My observation is that high temperature and humidty levels may stretch out over a longer period in the summer here in TV than in St. Louis - BUT, it is almost always more comfortable in TV after the sun goes down.

Besides, after no more than one summer season here, you will become acclimated and it won't matter any more! :pepper2:

SWR
:beer3:

zoned AC
 

Dunno Russ

Can't remember the model , but it's one of the basic to middle Premieres and there's a control to work the Ac in the guest end

L and L

Hi SWR,

I guess nobody told them that "Mad Dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun." Well...I guess that's just according to Noel Coward.

Boomer

Truth.....
 

Come on now gang, tell the man the truth...This past Saturday it was 97 degrees with a stifiling humidity; almost unbearable.

Wait...now I remember I am in Connecticut and was here this weekend!!!

Its no hotter in TV than that...maybe more days but not hotter days!!!

Boomer:

As it happens, I ran into Noel Coward the other day! He's doing well, isn't quite comfortable with our "excessive" humidity! On t'other hand, he's met so many fine people that he's seriously thinking of finding himself a comfortable Designer, then moving to TV so as to enjoy our special company!

I look forward to enjoying the camaraderie of you, Mr. Coward and me at Lake Sumter Landing!

:D

SWR
:beer3:

I would think that Mr. Coward would love the heat considering his,uh, uh present condition.:1rotfl:

The way I look at it, being from Oklahoma, I am moving to a cooler summer climate and a warmer winter climate. For me, it's the best of both worlds.

Pats2010:

Agreed!

Actually, I think he's Upstairs, but I know he'd have loved TV!

SWR
:beer3:

No, I meant he would love the heat because he is very cold. (and stiff)

Good afternoon SWR,

That is a lovely invitation. You, me, and Mr. Noel Coward at Sumter Landing. And if you don't mind, I would like to invite my dear friend Harvey to be a part of such a delightful time as I know we surely will have.

Sincerely,
Boomer
("She loves the theater and never comes late." -- but that's the only thing she's not late for.)

Pat, not the capital U in Upstairs. Methinks y'all are saying the same thing, no?

:beer3:

Yes, I had to google him to see if he was still alive. (37 years)

I know I would like to get away from snow. It isn't fun shoveling and also having to drive to work in the snow and the ice. I dread the winters for that reason. Cannot wait until I can retire.

Thanks for your anwers.

A gorgeous evening on the square with Cactus Jack and the Cadillacs - great group. Nice breeze, per usual, and good crowd. Evenings are beautiful in The Villages.

I've heard the statistic that 40% of residents are seasonal. :confused: If this statistic is accurate, perhaps it is an indiction of how comfortable the summers in Florida are.

The heat
 

I live in Memphis and today it has to be one of the hottest days in the last ten years; heat index must be approching 110. It's 102 now compared to TVs93. I usaually get 18 holes in the summer but I would not go out today.
Can't wait to come to TV to cool off!