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Originally Posted by xcaligirl (Post 2284956)

I've heard that this will be the coldest Christmas in Florida. I remember the past 10 years that we've been here, it's been quite nice on Christmas Day, nice enough to be riding around in the golf cart with a light jacket! Overall, I know that in LATE summer I start wishing for a cool day every once in awhile! I do feel the weather here is much nicer than many places!! (Yes, I look like I'm an eskimo but I even get chilled at times in the summer!). Enjoy

Last Christmas we woke up to 24° at 7am. This Christmas the low will be in the 60s. This is definitely not the coldest Christmas for Central FL if we’re counting last year, lol. I remember it very well mainly because it was our first Christmas here coming from SoCal, and I had never in my life experienced a Christmas that cold. I was very surprised by it.

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Originally Posted by Pixelpups (Post 2284414)

We moved from San Diego to The Villages 4 years ago. Winters are better than San Diego, summers are worse, fall and spring are about equal. The Villages beats the cost of living in San Diego hands down. When we moved here in October, the air conditioner ran every day. We held our breaths and waited for the electric bill. In San Diego with the thermostat set to 82°, the bill could be $400. The bill was $79 and the thermostat was set at 77°!

The rule here is: layers in the winter. It may freeze at night for 3 days in a row, but the daytime temps rise to the 50°. So far, we’ve never had an ice storm here. All I’ve ever experienced is random nights of frost Dec - Feb. No more than 8 nights like that and that’s the total for Dec. ‘22 - Feb. ‘23. (I pay attention because I have some plants that hate frost. Right now the pineapples are in our enclosed lanai. They don’t like 50°. BTW, try growing pineapples from the cut off tops of store bought fruit in Illinois.)

We moved from SoCal to DeLuna a year ago, and I agree with everything you said. We were not quite as humid in Ventura Co as you were in San Diego, but overall great assessment of the differences between living here vs there. :)

If you are visiting for two months or less, stay away from Dec & Jan.

If you livie in TV 12 months a year, these cold spells are delightful. There is the plant issue especially for frost of 3 consecutive days or more, which does happen although not often. But, besides that, there is no reason to move further south.