[MartinSE]

I am a native of south Florida. Growing up it se3med about every day around 4 we had what you described, thunder storms rolled in an lasted an hour or so. It was around this time of year and lasted a couple months.

Some years more than others.

[AZ SLIM]

Everyone Please! Go wash your car. My lawn is costing me a fortune on water. lol

[hosegooseman]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

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?

Similar patterns every year. Not the same but close..

[Rodneysblue]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

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?

Yes.

[midiwiz]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

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?

it's all up to the Gulf and Atlantic 'breezes' and where they meet. That varies, and being that we are Central Florida it's pretty much the main stage for the action. While it's far better than Tampa, I've been through those and they get hit real hard most times. Our 'hits' are nasty, sometimes they will skirt by, but when the storm arrives it's a hard one.

This is Florida - afternoon rain in the summer pretty much everywhere except a couple locations. We used to live by the Space Center, overall we had far less rain than central FL. Tampa area - while it gets hit hard when it does rain - it doesn't all that often.

It's all about location, but in the mean time - get used to the rain - get gutters, your house will be better off, and know that your summer day will have a break in it on a regular basis

You'll get used to reading the sky

[NotGolfer]

Weather patterns are different here than many areas of the country. As someone stated, it's governed by the sea breezes from either side of the state. We used to be able to "read" the weather when we lived in the midwest. Dark skies meant it would rain soon and you could watch those clouds move in. The longer we've lived here, we've seen that it's patchy. It can be raining in SS or LSL but not further south. Yesterday (Wed) I was down near Brownwood and it was thundering nearly constantly with dark clouds. Had the car radio/weather on---they were telling where the storms were and where they were headed. As I drove home (north) the sky brightened. To us, it seems like Marion County gets a lot of "weather". We do listen to Orlando---but what happens there most likely won't here. What I don't get though is we're warned about thunder and lightening and to take cover but people don't adhere to those and keep golfing.

[ronwinger]

When I first moved to Florida many, many moons ago, the daily rains were what we used to set our watches & clocks. Although, if my memory serves me correctly, It was around 2:00pm. Anyway, we always need the rain here in Fl. If we did not have the daily rains, we would not have the humidity that Fl is so well know for during the summer. Have GREAT day!

[dougawhite]

The Villages has 70,000 residential air conditioners blowing hot air all day long. That creates a constant updraft that impacts the weather producing air passing over us every afternoon. Most often this hot air causes the rain clouds to dissipate; warm air holds onto moisture better than cooler air.
My theory at least.

[Ksfirefighter]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

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?

Some say it is different this year because of Sahara dust/sand

[davem4616]

you want rain in the afternoon...go out for a long walk without an umbrella

I wish I had been a weather forecaster....it doesn't make a darn bit of difference if your forecast is right or wrong.

If you predict rain and it doesn't happen...people think "thank goodness he was wrong"...and you get to blame changing weather patterns

if you predict rain and it happens...people think "well, they said it was going to rain" and your 'stock' goes way up

[boblexsue]

I lived in South Florida for 45 years and the late afternoon rain showers were
almost like clock work most of the time. The wind flow from the gulf or from
the atlantic have a big effect as well as the heating of the water in the Everglades.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by davem4616

you want rain in the afternoon...go out for a long walk without an umbrella

I wish I had been a weather forecaster....it doesn't make a darn bit of difference if your forecast is right or wrong.

If you predict rain and it doesn't happen...people think "thank goodness he was wrong"...and you get to blame changing weather patterns

if you predict rain and it happens...people think "well, they said it was going to rain" and your 'stock' goes way up

Will we get snow this winter?

[Driller703]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

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?

In the “not rainy season”, it rains every day. In the “rainy season”, it rains all day.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

My question is - which is the typical weather - last year or this year?

You have RAIN in your name.........................you should be happy!!!

[kkingston57]

Originally Posted by Ksfirefighter

Some say it is different this year because of Sahara dust/sand

Good observation and probably true.This dust was really bad last week. Sky was like a Procol Harum song Whiter shade of pale