The weather in The Villages
 

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?

Both... ;)

Even years not as much rain as odd years apparently

Some years are wet and others not so much. The next 6 weeks or so are the highest likelihood of a major tropical storm or two that could dump several inches or more of rain in a hurry. We are coming up on the 5 year anniversary of Hurricane Irma, when the golf courses were under water for a couple of weeks, you just never know?

Historical data
 

Below are two links to weather data for Orlando. The first being the historical climate which shows that in June, July and August the average is about 24 inches total for those three months, with June being the most by a little bit.
The second link is to the records for 2022 so far. I can't seem to find a total accumulation displayed by month, but if you click on June and July it shows bars for recorded rain. Just by looking at them it does appear that this year is lower than the average. Note that historical weather is referred to as "average", not "normal" as it takes both high and low years to produce an average. If someone can find a monthly accumulation chart for this year, it would be interesting.

Climate Orlando - Florida and Weather averages Orlando

Summer 2022 Historical Weather at Orlando International Airport, Florida, United States - Weather Spark

It's normally a lot wetter this time of year, but this year it's been on the dry side.

Some people want you to believe they can control the weather but only one can do that.

I watch the water hole that parallels the first fairway on el Diablo. I've seen water so high in it that the culvert openings are under water. This year, not so much. The shoreline looks like a picture of Lake Mead.

I can control the weather. All I have to do is wash my car and it rains...

Summer rain in Florida is very localized. In Orlando area they are/were down 7 inches from normal and Leesburg was 9 inches up. Agree less rain than last year in Spanish Springs area, but Leesburg(9 miles away) is above average.

I couldn't find a monthly accumulation chart for Orlando for 2022 but I saw an article from July 21 which said that Orlando has a rain deficit of 5.06 inches this year.

I found the average rainfall for Orlando

Jan. 2.74
Feb. 2.83
Mar. 3.79
Apr. 2.49
May 3.30
Jun 8.74
Jul 7.10
Aug 7.82
Sept. 6.02
Oct. 3.29
Nov. 2.42
Dec. 2.63

I like to send my wife out to do a rain dance. Sometimes it even rains:pepper2:

Impressive that you have that much authority, to send her out to dance………

I found the average rainfall for Orlando. The second column is actual rainfall in 2022.

Jan. 2.74 2022 .92
Feb. 2.83 2022 .71
Mar. 3.79 2022 5.76
Apr. 2.49 2022 5.20
May 3.30 2022 2.15
Jun 8.74 2022 4.61
Jul 7.10 2022 4.91
Aug 7.82 2022 4.26

I tried to put these in separate columns but couldn't figure out how to do it.

According to my calculations, the average rainfall at this time is about 34.41 (We are only half way through August so I cut the monthly total down by four inches) and we have 28.52 inches. March and April were above average and June and July have been below average.

I think this year more typical. When I moved to The Villages 6 years ago, I expected it to rain every afternoon, because that was the way it happened in Gainesville when I attended graduate school there. In Gainesville, the afternoon rain was like clockwork. Not so in The Villages, even though it is only 65 miles away.