I have been living in Florida for eight years now and this has been by far the coldest winter since I have been here. Typically we will have a few weeks of cold weather but this year has been ridiculous. I will tell you what I am not going to complain once this summer of how hot it is because I don’t enjoy the cold weather and I am looking forward to Florida heating up again. It is funny how we all complain about the weather like we have any control of it. So much for global warming huh?
I just hope it warms up for all those students getting ready for spring break in Florida. The thing about living in Florida it always feels like you are on vacation, well that is how I feel anyways even though I am always working.
There are so many places in Florida I still want to visit like the Florida Keys, St Augustine, and many more cities. Florida is such a big state it will be tough to see them all. I have some places covered so far including Miami, Orlando, Jacksonville, Sarasota and just recently Daytona Beach including of course where I live and work as a Tampa Bay Realtor.
So tell me do you live or plan on vacationing in Florida? Tell me your experiences of the sunshine state.
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WHoa whoa slow down here… I suffered through a VEEEEERRRRY extended summer season, I can’t afford another 10 months of 90+, 1 month at 70+ and 1 month below 50. I vote to keep the cold, at least until June
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The cold is why I moved from Boston. I love the warm weather and going to the beach. Does your tanning business do better when it is cold? I would imagine it would.
I don’t live in the US, but I’ve always thought the Sunshine State was California? Anyway, I’ve visited the place once and when you’re used to hot weather like that, I imagine why you’d hate the cold.
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Danny, you are absolutely right. In the recent past one of my friend relocated to tampa and was sulking about the weather and environment. He said he has been there before for a brief stint during the same days of the year, but he finds this time too hard. I dont know what might be the reason, but something to do with the global warming thing perhaps…
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We’ve had pretty mild winters and non existent summers for the past couple of years in the UK – including some major summer floods in 2007. This winter has been by far the coldest for a while which has been a shock to the system. Apparently its going to be a scorcher summer this year, though I’ll believe it when I see it!
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It was extremely colder here in the Houston, TX area this winter also. We have finally went back up to our normal temps of the lower 70′s now. What a relief! It is true when you get use to the warm temps, the cold isn’t nice. I have to admit, I like a little cooler towards Christmas, but then to warm back up. I guess it has been a terrible winter all around the world this year. My mother-in-law who lives in Germany also has had a bad winter this year. It feels so good to be able to get back out in my yard, and clean up from the long and harse winter here. I just pray all of my palms and tropicals made it through it all.
I love Florida and truly agree that it is a vacationer’s paradise. A boating enthusiast can have the time of his life here.
It’s interesting…. they are talking about global warming but several places I know have had colder winters than usual. In england they had unusually cold conditions throughout jan and feb. I think climate science is so complex, it’s no wonder they are all arguing about it…….
Love Boston, Danny. Lived there for a bit in the 80′s then moved back to the Springfield area. Looking forward to visiting my relatives in Tampa this summer, but I’m a bit concerned with what’s going on in Destin, etc. regarding the oil deal. Hope it doesn’t spread east any further …
Wow, nice to hear this place. By the the name itself, you will love Florida. It is the place called the “Sunshine State” because of warm climate. Really amazing place for fishing.
I have holidayed five times in Orlando, for obvious reasons, but always hired a car during those stays and visited the Space Centre, Busch Gardens in Tampa and Daytona Beach and Cocoa beach (my favourite).
Yes last winter was TERRIBLE! This year so far does not look good, already had a night here in the florida keys down in the high 30s! Record breaking low! Now our christmas week is getting blown out by bad weather, it’s blowing with 40 mph gusts today, and not much better the next 2 days, plus COLD! Yikes!
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I guess you should come to a place where it is around 120 F like some places in India. You would go embrace your climate at Florida, and well Indians are tanned. I would any day prefer cold weather to heat, heat just takes your energy away and plays a good tool to keep your cool also. The people working in hot conditions will be stressed more. Of course we have to find a moderate climate to settle that would be great.
Try living in the foothills of the Rockies in Alberta. For 3 winter days you have T shirt warm tempertures, then bang, – 30 celcius tempertures, – 40 in the wind and for weeks on end. Conditioning to the cold doesn’t work to well up here.
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Forgot to mention, these Alberta weather anomalies are called ‘Chinooks’.
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It is always a “heat time” in Miami. Tell people will see snow there, of course anomalies are possible. Thanks for the article.
Cocoa Beach is known as the small wave capital of the east coast and it’s the closest beach to Orlando. It’s a great place to find unique souvenirs, many made with shells, play some beachside volleyball or just people watch.