It’s hotter than the Villages up here
 

Dam, it’s been hotter in New England than in Florida this week, and it’s going to stay that way through Thursday. Wishing we were at our Villages home, where we have A/C and a pool. The heat has brought out New Englands brutal, hard biting horse flies so it’s difficult to be outside. And to add injury to insult, I had to pay the holiday rate to play golf today (Juneteenth) on a friggin Wednesday at a practically empty golf course. Erggggg, missing the Villages!

If you stay the summer, the heat wave will leave and weather will get back to normal. Hang in there as it will all balance itself out.

Have the 17 year cicadas hatch yet that made such big deal over couple months ago?

I wondered why my golf course was so busy for a Wednesday. Juneteenth! That's it!

I walked 18 today.

This walking stuff is getting harder and harder, after riding around TV courses for 7-8 months of the year. We hit 97 at the lake today. Heat index was only 103-104 ... not bad :pepper2:

We just flew back from Maine tonight, good to be back in The Bubble!

72 on the lanai this morning.................where's my jacket??

Best time of the year in in TV is June through September.

I'm in NH, south of Manchester. Alexa just told me the temperature is 71 right now, but will get to 97. I have been out checking my garden and walking to get my newspaper, the temperature is good, the flies are not. We have a pool, we have AC and some of our family are coming for dinner this evening. We are expecting the heat to end later with storms and heavy rain. For us, it's all good. However,I listened to the reporting on the guy who was trapped in a wheelchair in New Mexico and could not get away from the fires. Now that is a climate I could not live in. How very sad and how terrifying to be trapped by fire.

So whether you want to live full time in Florida or are seasonal, we are very fortunate.

On the bright side, my pepper and tomato plants have been waiting for this!

I am in western New York and playing golf. $35 for 18 holes with a cart, senior rate of course. Courses are in excellent shape. Haven’t minded the heat but keep myself hydrated.

Here in the UK, a veritable heatwave in my area. 70f.
A couple more days like this, and we will be getting health warnings, and a hose pipe ban!

You bring up a good point about the Villages (Florida in general) vs northern areas.

Florida is built for heat. AC everywhere. Pools. Open air dining with ceiling fans everywhere. Beach casual dress accepted almost anywhere you go.

Other places have to deal with occasional extreme heat, but most certainly cold/bitter cold. With limited resources, the lean is towards addressing the cold issue, which spills over into the number of pools, the use/purchase of AC, and the expectation, even in hotter weather, that long pants/shoes/socks are expected in "more refined" venues.

I'll take the Florida approach any day/time of the year.

Well, all I can say is…..it’s summer time and end of June. Equals hot temperatures.

I’m at the Cape and temps aren’t supposed to break 80 this week, cooler ocean breezes! Much warmer in Western MA!