Do YOU enjoy the FL 9-month summer? (Orlando, Cocoa: house, costs)

[Rhett_Butler]

Originally Posted by backtofla

i bet if i told vafury that i won 2 million in the fla lotto, he'd tell me he won 3 million in the virginia lotto.

I would if I actually did.....

Of course this thread was about the weather wasn't it???

[sweetclimber]

Originally Posted by KoZmiC NinJa

Im not a fan of big heat, but after suffering 9 month winters
and the cost of them financially and mentally Im ready to trade !

9 month winters? where did you live?, near the arctic cicle?

[sweetclimber]

Originally Posted by Lisa_from_Debary

If you think Florida is hot, you need to try Texas summers...100 degrees for literally a month or more, the temp at night doesn't drop below 90 AND no rain to cool things off...everything brown and dead, watering restrictions make it imposible to keep lawns alive. I used to go out at night to get my mail...the cement of my drive way was still so hot, I could have fried an egg on it. Not for me, I can tell you.

You said above you loved heat and humidity in a previous post. Also, correct me if I am wrong but isn't it Florida that is having the severe drought, not Texas. Also I don't know where you lived in Texas, but near to the Gulf there is almost always a afternoon T-Storm to cool things off! Face it, the weather is the same in TX as Florida!

[TriMT7]

There's an afternoon storm rumbling in the distance right now as i type this.....

[backtofla]

from the nc forum:


Some reported highs from around the state today (6/8/07).

Lumberton - 97
Fayetteville - 96
Raleigh-Durham - 96
Charlotte - 95
New Bern - 92
Elizabeth City - 92
Wilmington - 92
Greensboro - 91
Asheville - 89
Cape Hatteras - 82

National Weather Service

[miamiblue]

Originally Posted by backtofla

from the nc forum:


Some reported highs from around the state today (6/8/07).

Lumberton - 97
Fayetteville - 96
Raleigh-Durham - 96
Charlotte - 95
New Bern - 92
Elizabeth City - 92
Wilmington - 92
Greensboro - 91
Asheville - 89
Cape Hatteras - 82

National Weather Service

Not real sure what this has to do with the weather in FL...
I had the rare opportunity to compare NC summer to Miami summer back to back when I flew down to visit family in early June. I personally prefer the NC heat as opposed to the subtropical heat in FL, a feeling I can only describe to those that complain of the humidity here in Raleigh as like being in a sweaty armpit.

Anyway, having spent my entire life in Miami, I never got used to the excessive and prolonged heat+humidity. I always looked forward to the "winter", when we got any. I have respiratory issues due to a childhood illness, and breathing during exercise was always an issue for me in Miami - so 9 months of that is not too pleasant. My mother also grew up in Miami, and without A/C for many years - she swears that the heat and humidity have gotten worse and the thunderstorms less like clockwork than they once were.

[tallrick]

Miami is hotter at night then it used to be because of all the development, Latin destruction of trees, and numerous air conditioners pushing heat in the environment. Instead of wetlands evaporating heat we have asphalt and concrete soaking it up and releasing it. As a child I remember nightime temps in the 75-81 range in the summer, now in the same area they are 78-85 on days when it does not rain. Thunderstorms were often every other day but now are in clusters of a week or two, then nothing.

[compelled to reply]

Originally Posted by tallrick

Miami is hotter at night then it used to be because of all the development, Latin destruction of trees, and numerous air conditioners pushing heat in the environment. Instead of wetlands evaporating heat we have asphalt and concrete soaking it up and releasing it. As a child I remember nightime temps in the 75-81 range in the summer, now in the same area they are 78-85 on days when it does not rain. Thunderstorms were often every other day but now are in clusters of a week or two, then nothing.

I was talking with someone who grew up in Cooper City in the 70s, and he was telling me about how during the winter, it used to get down into the 20s at night fairly commonly out here, and now it just doesn't happen anymore.

[Nirvana-Guy]

Originally Posted by doggiebus

So what if Virgina, NC, SC, GA are hot, yes Florida is hot too. The difference between Florida's summers and Virginas summers is, Florida will be hot and humid for 6 months. Virgina will have only 3-4 months of heat/humidity. IMO 2-3 months less of heat/humidity wins. And up north the nights are cool also which is nice.

6 (six)months ONLY??? Ha ha ha.... try 9 (nine) months! That is more like it.

I think that 80 in the morning with 100% humidity on April 2 IS summer, is it not? How about Christmas day being 88 degrees with 100% humidity? Is that not summer weather?

Summer in Florida goes from roughly April 2 - Dec 25 of every year and usually Jan - March is out winter and it gets nice and chilly. Low humidity during the days in the winter and much cooler due to the humidity at night.

Originally Posted by sweetclimber

9 month winters? where did you live?, near the arctic cicle?

He must be trying to say 9-month summer in FL.... I dunno! He must be in Alaska if he says 9-month winter.

Originally Posted by TriMT7

There's an afternoon storm rumbling in the distance right now as i type this.....

There is a lightning storm every day in FL during the 9-month summer. During the 3month winter, you pretty much never get any rain at all.
So during the 9-month summer, FL gets rain non-stop.... FL gets a "summer shower" every day between 10am-11am and 3pm-4pm and then the sun come sout and it causes this horrible steam to rise and it makes things even more humid and more uncomfortable. YUCK!!

Originally Posted by tallrick

Miami is hotter at night then it used to be because of all the development, Latin destruction of trees, and numerous air conditioners pushing heat in the environment. Instead of wetlands evaporating heat we have asphalt and concrete soaking it up and releasing it. As a child I remember nightime temps in the 75-81 range in the summer, now in the same area they are 78-85 on days when it does not rain. Thunderstorms were often every other day but now are in clusters of a week or two, then nothing.

It is hotter at night because of the higher humidity at night and the steam rising from the concrete and the swamp water "lakes" and ponds nearby.

Trees in Miami.... WHAT trees?? They actually have trees in Miami.... wow, I don't remember seein any last time I was there....

Last time I was in Miami all I saw was smog, rude drivers, billboards in Espanol, and trash everywhere on the streets and on the grass, car blasting loud Spanish music, people on corners of roads everywhere, some shoddy looking element all wearing the same exact clothes, baseball hat (gang, probably) etc. Maybe I missed seeing the trees because I was too shocked with so much bad stuff and was looking out for crajackers???

[Nirvana-Guy]

I talked to a friend of mine today who said it must be 110 today in Orlando. I told the guy "it's the heat index" that makes it feel like your face is on fire and you sweat like a wild hog in a rodeo.

So I went to weather.com and the obvious answer to the problem surfaced:

HEAT INDEX!

It is showing the temp is 91 in Orlando today with 54% humidity (can you imagine when the 100% humidity sinks in after the 3-pm-4pm showers?).

But it feels like 98 degress right now!! Mind you, once the humidity reaches 100% (trust me, it will, been there done that since high school), it will feel probably like 105... 110.... lovely weather.

Oh and it's only 91 right now because it is partially clouded. If the sun was out, it would be hitting 98 - 100 easy. But even at 91 (feeling like 98 degrees) according to my friend, people are sweating through their jeans and he said his face feels like it is on fire!!

Right now it's 72 degrees where I am at.... 41% humidity... I have my windows open, there is a nice breeze coming in. Life is good. Oh yeah, that is if you are NOT in hot and muggy Florida right now!! Ha ha ha.... I LOVE looking @ the weather in FL.... talking to family who have been holed up at home since April because of the heat and then I tell them "I just went out for an afternoon stroll and now I am sitting outside with my laptop, drinking lemonade, enjoying the sun and the cool breeze. Not one drip of sweat!". You can hear them boiling on the other side of the line!!

Here is the weather in Orlando (attached). Oh and the pollen is SUPER HIGH right now, which makes it even more "enjoyable" to be in FL... lots of heat humidity, and pollen... sounds like the perfect recipe for a headache!