[JohnVosilla]

Originally Posted by Lakeland Yankee

I find the weather much more tolerable near the coasts because at least you get a breeze from the Ocean or Gulf. Inland Florida has the worst weather imho. The only time we get nice airflow is when storms are moving through the area.

Being right by the cool ocean breezes on the east coast is a huge difference compared with living inland even just west of US 1. SE Fla is the humidest of all by far and you get much less relief at night. Night time temps now seem to run a good 5-7 degrees warmer than the 73-74 average low expected for this time of the year

[JohnVosilla]

Originally Posted by ChrisA70

I will say one thing. I spent the last weekend in Orlando at Universal. It is in no way as hot as it is down here. It made it to 88-90 all 3 days, but the humidity/dew point was WAAAAYYY lower, and it felt so much better than down here in Estero... What a difference, SWFL is the reason I am not liking it in FL anymore. Need to move to central or N FL.... When I got back last night I noticed an immediate difference.

Yes it is a big difference from SW Fla. You will find going even to Volusia County further cooling than the theme parks area. I remember living in Daytona and going to Kissimmee in Oct or March and I felt like i was already halfway to SoFla's relentless heat and humidity..lol I really think Daytona north to Ponte Vedra/Jax Bch has the best climate in the state if you are looking to minimize heat and humidity. The water temp is much lower up there. Unfortunately all over our state it has been warmer in recent years than in the 1990's.. The last two winter seasons were the exception.. Guess we shall see what this one brings

[ChrisA70]

Originally Posted by JohnVosilla

Yes it is a big difference from SW Fla. You will find going even to Volusia County further cooling than the theme parks area. I remember living in Daytona and going to Kissimmee in Oct or March and I felt like i was already halfway to SoFla's relentless heat and humidity..lol I really think Daytona north to Ponte Vedra/Jax Bch has the best climate in the state if you are looking to minimize heat and humidity. The water temp is much lower up there. Unfortunately all over our state it has been warmer in recent years than in the 1990's.. The last two winter seasons were the exception.. Guess we shall see what this one brings

I can tell a difference from the early 1990's when I first came here that it is a bit hotter as the years pass.

[ebeth916]

Mike1306...it’s not his “imagination”
As the state’s and the planet’s temperatures have been on the rise, Orlando in the past decade has notched five of its Top 10 hottest years since the 1600’s

For Orlando, 2015 was the hottest year on record since 1892

Last year was the fourth-warmest for Orlando and this year is on track to finish as third-warmest.

So yeah, Florida is most definitely getting warmer every year, and for those of us that were born here or have lived here for a long time, it’s pretty obvious to us

[LifeIsGood01]

We had record heat of I think 89 yesterday in Fort Myers that was the hottest current temperature in the lower 48 states and the previous record was in the late 90s. So it has always fluctuated but it is getting a few degrees hotter overall and Hurricane Michael strengthened because the gulf waters were 3 to 4 degrees above normal due to climate change.

The nice thing about Fall and Winter here is even if it gets hot you don't have 16 hours of sunlight so it's not as bad as the summer.

[beach43ofus]

Last September and this October were record setting hot.

However, we only had 2 Hurricane's make landfall in the last 13 years, while we had 7 Hurricane's make landfall in the preceding 13 years before that. It's been 26+ years since we had a Cat 5 storm hit Florida. So, Hurricane's are diminsihing in frequency, and so is their intensity over the past 26 years.

So, if global warming causes more Hurricane's and more intense ones, then since we have less Hurricane's make landfall, and none have been as strong as Andrew 26+ years ago, we MUST have had global cooling for the last 26 years!

[Corrie22]

a hot or cold spell is weather...
....global warming is the average

Nothing is going on in Florida

https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.B...w6daARhNQQHaEo

[beach43ofus]

Originally Posted by Corrie22

a hot or cold spell is weather...
....global warming is the average

Nothing is going on in Florida

https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.B...w6daARhNQQHaEo

The chart shows no heating or cooling in Florida since 1941. Thus, no global warming. Less Hurricane's and less intensity = global cooling. No rising oceans, just beach erosion from shifting sands like Lido Beach.

[WRnative]

Originally Posted by beach43ofus

Last September and this October were record setting hot.

However, we only had 2 Hurricane's make landfall in the last 13 years, while we had 7 Hurricane's make landfall in the preceding 13 years before that. It's been 26+ years since we had a Cat 5 storm hit Florida. So, Hurricane's are diminsihing in frequency, and so is their intensity over the past 26 years.

So, if global warming causes more Hurricane's and more intense ones, then since we have less Hurricane's make landfall, and none have been as strong as Andrew 26+ years ago, we MUST have had global cooling for the last 26 years!

Not even at the level of sophomoric logic. You clearly believe, like the Denier-in-Chief, that you have a "natural instinct for science" and so persons should take your make-believe science seriously.

Where is Irwin Corey when we need him? He could have made millions explaining denier scientific beliefs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irwin_Corey

E.g., my house has never caught fire in 50 years, so it's scientifically certain that if I splash gasoline around the house, and then light a match to ignite the gasoline, my house WILL NOT catch on fire.

So what happens to the 35 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide that accumulates in the atmosphere annually due to fossil fuel burning. I've eagerly been waiting weeks for the denier explanation. What is it???

[WRnative]

Originally Posted by beach43ofus

The chart shows no heating or cooling in Florida since 1941. Thus, no global warming. Less Hurricane's and less intensity = global cooling. No rising oceans, just beach erosion from shifting sands like Lido Beach.

The actual empirical record shows massive warming for Miami.

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