Florida summers are ridiculously hot - that's not the bad part HIGH humidity so people go out in the mornings or evenings

I grew up in the upper midwest and didn't leave until several years after college. In Minnesota, the temperatures regularly dropped below zero between Christmas and New years and didn't come back above until February. You could always count on a Mid March to Mid April snow storm. I lived in St. Louis for 12 years and they had the absolute worst weather in both summer (temps above 100 with high humidity) and winter (ice storms and sleet and below zero temps). I have lived in the desert west Texas for 15 years and Florida for 24 and have the firm belief that those who like 4 seasons don't know any better. Florida temps in mid summer are usually in low 90s with a cooling breeze off the ocean. Sun shines almost every day. You always have a pool to jump into, or A/C facility to go into. I have never had FL heat/humidity so bad it burned my lungs to breathe (like in St. Louis) and never had ice to chip or snow to shovel or had to start the car 5 minutes early to allow it to warm up, like Minnesota and Wisconsin. Yes, the first year (or 2) may require come getting used to, but it is easy....and a good time to plan your traveling.

As a kid, I grew up on the Eastern Shore (MD), with the Chesapeake Bay on one side and Atlantic Ocean on the other. The heat and humidity seemed to be in lockstep, always hot and humid. My wife is from Rangeley, Maine and knows cold and grew up in PA for the most part. We've lived in hot humid areas and really cold areas, and we both prefer hot over cold, especially since cool ocean/gulf water is so easily accessible and A/C is our friend in between. We liked Texoma (North Texas) where we raised our kids because we had heat with no humidity and winter was usually "Do I need a coat today?", but it lacked...... everything else.

The answer is :
Winter in Florida (TV)
Summer far up north (in the mountains on a lake)
But we all knew that anyways. It's more a matter of what you can afford.

I lived most of my life up North. Born in Ohio and lived there until I was 49. Then I got a job in Tennessee for 7 years, Michigan for 4.5 years and Indiana for 3 Years. I spent 9 Mo in Montana, in the Air Force, where the temperature got to 49 degrees below zero, there I decided to retire to Florida. I moved here in Dec. 2005 and live here ever since. I go back to Ohio to visit siblings and find I need a sweater or jacket when I'm up there, I'm so used to the warmth of Florida now. I used to love the 4 seasons.

TV isn’t on the coast. No leaving for hurricanes.

Us fat boys dont like humidity

We have lived in TV for 19 years. I hated winters in Ohio and always thought summer didn’t last long enough. After all these years down here, I’m sick of the brutal summers. It’s just too hot to do anything outside, and the humidity can be a killer. I regret not being a snowbird, but we didn’t want to maintain two houses. I’m ready to move back north, if I could convince my spouse.

Think twice before becoming a year round resident.

we are maintaining 2 houses and it stinks, we are going to become full timers knowing that we may need to vacation in the north for july and august

Easier to put on flip flops than boots

Easier to put on flip flops than boots !!

Before we decided to move here we rented for the entire month of June to see how we would deal with a Florida summer.

Decided we could headed back north and shortly thereafter put our house up for sale.

"The grey and lack of sun", actually can be a positive because you don't get skin cancer.

DANGEROUSLY hot. And with G.W. it gets hotter every summer.

I've been visiting FL (many times in the summer) for well over 40 years...

And yes, I can honestly say that about FL...

Yes, last summer was quite hot and humid. But the summer before that was much more comfortable...

I suspect house #1 was easy to give up ????

Hate to mention it, but by July , August, and Sept, the pool water is as HOT as bathwater. Unless you can bring a truckload of ice with you to the pool, there will be LITTLE relief. And if you have any color of car other than white, or silver, you will literally burn your hand, as in ooowwweeee big time. PS get a white cover for your steering wheel.

Absolute temperature in Florida means absolutely nothing. The temperature in degrees combines with the high humidity plus the stronger sun in Florida to make it feel HOTTER than ANYTHING experienced up-north.

House 1 was a breeze to leave, number 2 is giving us a little more trouble but we are still doing it. We will be down to just the one in TV by this time next year. I hope!

When, in recent memory, has that happened in TV?

Yes, I'm aware of that time when there were tornados that hit TV in 2007.

But the last two major (and many, many minor) hurricanes caused minimal damage. A bit of golf course flooding (which they are designed to do), a few MMP tunnels flooded and a few lost power for a short time...

The State of FL used land in TV for a staging area for the massive influx of repair crews that came to the state in preparation for the storms...

In the PAST, the hurricanes stayed on the coast, but worldwide the oceans have been warming for the last 11 years, so they could bust-through into central Florida now.

There are many snowbird renters who only want to (or maybe can only afford to) rent over the winter... Not everyone who leaves is a frog...

Right now, I'm a "snowflake". I come and go when I can. But I've spent multiple multi-week stretches in TV in every season... My wife spends about 4-5 months/year in TV. She has no issues with the heat...

Don't be so sure...

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Well, it all depends on where you live. I lived in St Louis and they plowed regularly after snow, I moved to Plato, MO where they hardly ever came down my dirt road so I was homebound until enough of my neighbors with 4 wheel drive packed down the snow. And TV hasn't had problems with hurricanes, the worst of them hits the coast and they aren't near as strong if/when they come by.

Actually PURE WATER does NOT conduct electricity, the impurities in the water do.

Hurricane season starts in June...

And "ALL" of FL?

And please refresh my memory... When was the last time a hurricane hit TV?

No, just a heart attack...

That's why in about 1950 Florida had about 6 million people (all living on the coast) - because A/C was NOT widely available.

You -do- realize what happens to hurricanes when they travel 75 miles inland, don't you?

Can you tell me which Villages pools contain PURE WATER?

I want to know so I can go swimming there during the next electrical storm...

Tallahassee (est 1824) is on the coast?

Gainesville (est 1854) is on the coast?

Interesting...

The whole planet is warming. that's why Florida summers feel warmer in last 10 years.

Thinks that somehow GW will reverse that so they will get stronger. Anyone know if he has bought an EV yet so as to reduce his carbon footprint?

So I am reading many will take the summer heat of Florida over winters up north.

It’s never winter up north when it’s 100 in Florida.

Maybe response should be I don’t own two residents, so would rather live full time in Florida than full time in snow country. Selling cold weather home for permanent home in TV.

All of of friends in TV, leave to either travel to their second home. Or travel extensively during summer returning in the fall.

We’re from Michigan. We moved without doing seasonal visits. It’s hot, terribly hot. We do things in the mornings and evenings during the summer. We always take cold water with us wherever we go. We’ve adapted. We’d rather bear the heat than the cold. Good luck with your decision.

Who do you think you are, being all rational and sensible? :icon_wink:

Cute doggo, by the way!

As much as I prefer the northern winters over Florida summers, I do have to admit one thing:

A cold beer tastes much better in a hot Florida summer!

Right on ! When snow has drifted your DOORS and windows, and it's so heavy you can't go out until is gets down a bit, it does not compare to just going for a plunge in your own, or the nearest pool, or go to the beach (where the breezes never stop even on a hot day). Raised in south Florida, much more tropical, career wise lived in Illinois and in Iowa for a time.... talk about HOT ! Hot and the humidity generated by acres of corn, soy beans, etc. etc. and temperatures of 102, 104... just awful, summer or winter !

Northern winters compared to Florida’s summer heat.
 

It takes a couple of summers to get use to the heat and humidity here in Florida. Then you tell yourself it’s still easier to stay indoors in AC or in the pool than it is to stay indoors, turn up the heat, look out at the dreary sky, and kiss your money good bye when the heating bills come in month after month. Granted it doesn’t snow every day but what is there to do during the winter if you don’t ski? It’s all about the lifestyle, the sunny weather without worrying about the icy roads or shoveling snow is just an added benefit one learns to live with.