Originally Posted by Susan1717 (Post 2447696)

I’ve been in both and hands down I prefer the florida heat and humidity. I also love the gorgeous hot sultry nights. No need for a jacket or sweater or layers like desert cool to cold evenings! The humidity also makes my skin and hair healthy where as the desert weather wrecked havoc on my skin.

Originally Posted by PersonOfInterest (Post 2447387)

Florida's high humidity and heat in the summer are unbearable to many and the reason for many part time residents. Arizona has higher temperatures with dryer, less humid heat.
Would you rather endure Arizona at 110 degrees with 20 percent humidity or Florida's 95 degrees and 90 percent humidity? Having played golf under both conditions I've found Florida's high humidity to be easier to tolerate, but not everyone feels the same.

Originally Posted by tophcfa (Post 2447597)

I got no problem with the summer heat and humidity in Florida, in fact I rather enjoy it. What I very much dislike is the frequent and unpredictable lighting, which wreaks havoc with outdoor activities.

Originally Posted by MandoMan (Post 2447735)

I had a heat stroke once—in upstate New York—and now I just can’t take high heat or humidity while doing things for more than a few minutes. Golf would be a misery. I gave it up. I grew up in Denver, and I remember an ENT surgeon telling me, “Do you know how you can tell you’re in Denver? [which is often very low humidity]? At every intersection, the driver next to you has his finger up his nose fishing.” In Arizona, the drying of nasal secretions can certainly make it hard to breathe. Lots of home run humidifiers to add moisture inside. I don’t have that problem here.

Consider air conditioning. It doesn’t pay attention to things like the “heat index” because removing humidity from the air is just a by-product of cooling. No extra charge. In The Villages, the temp (excluding the “heat index”) isn’t often above 90, and when it is, often clouds roll in so the sun isn’t shining on houses. It takes a lot more electricity to cool a house from 110° to 75° on a day where the sun shines the whole time than it takes to cool it from 90° to 75° where the sun shines for three or four fewer hours.

Would I want to play golf on a course surrounded by a desert or surrounded by paradise? I prefer it here.

Originally Posted by airstreamingypsy (Post 2447754)

Arizona has scorpions, tarantulas, rattlesnakes, Valley Fever, Hantavirus, and plants that bite....and its all beige.... I don't care what the temperature or humidity is there.... no thanks. I'll take grass, trees and lush tropical plants over that.

Originally Posted by airstreamingypsy (Post 2447754)

Arizona has scorpions, tarantulas, rattlesnakes, Valley Fever, Hantavirus, and plants that bite....and its all beige.... I don't care what the temperature or humidity is there.... no thanks. I'll take grass, trees and lush tropical plants over that.

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 (Post 2447894)

Scottsdale had those dust storms which are quite a pain. I enjoyed Arizona in the winters though and you can experience different climates in Arizona.


I spent a few months during certain Summers in Apache Junction, Arizona in the 1970s and most of the Summer of 1984 in Scottsdale.

Originally Posted by shaw8700@outlook.com (Post 2447599)

I lived Arizona just before I moved here and hot is hot no matter where you go.