Let's Escape the Summer Heat in Florida

[Yellow Shoes]

Conventional wisdom is that one doesn't go to WDW in the summer because of the heat and crowds.

Right at this moment, 5:55 CDT in Kansas City, it is
97 degrees
101 heat index
dew point 67
relative humidity 37%


in Orlando it is
83 degrees
88 heat index
dew point 74
relative humidity 74%


tomorrow's forecast for Orlando is 87 degrees; it will be 97 in KC.

Don't you love midwestern weather--it's actually cooler in Florida than in Kansas!!

 

[tigsmom]

Right now in NY (about 40 miles north of the city)

82 degrees, 52 % humidity. It's overcast and threatening to rain.
Will be in WDW the first week in Aug.

 

[NowInc]

its 91 today here in north miami...not so pleasant

 

[kvan]

2 am
Day Sunshine
High 93° F
Maximum RealFeel 97° F
RealFeel Shade 90° F

Night Clear
Low 65° F
Minimum RealFeel 85° F
humidity 78

barcelona spain

 

[mkt]

yeah? come here at about 12 noon-2pm... or just after a rainstorm...

 

[LeaveALegacyGuy]

I definitely agree with mkt. Monday night I came home from Leesburg, and it was about 11:30pm and it rained about 4 hours ago. The ouside thermometer in my family's car said about 76 degrees, and it felt like about 80 degrees or more. So it's hot here too.

 

[ACE]

Originally posted by Yellow Shoes
Conventional wisdom is that one doesn't go to WDW in the summer because of the heat and crowds.

Right at this moment, 5:55 CDT in Kansas City, it is
97 degrees
101 heat index
dew point 67
relative humidity 37%


in Orlando it is
83 degrees
88 heat index
dew point 74
relative humidity 74%


tomorrow's forecast for Orlando is 87 degrees; it will be 97 in KC.

Don't you love midwestern weather--it's actually cooler in Florida than in Kansas!!

Ah yes, but look at the humidity. Our humidity makes it feel like you're in a steam room. I've lived in hot dry areas before and I prefer it to being hot and wet here.

:wave: ACE

 

[Lovecraft]

People just don't realize the humidty we have in the gulf coastal states until they come here in the summer.

It's NASTY.

When I moved from Hawaii to Louisiana the people in Louisiana would always say "How could you stand the heat in Hawaii?"

I looked at them like they were crazy, when I stepped off the plane it felt like I entered a sauna in New Orleans!

Sure the temperatures in HI were in the 80's and 90's but it felt NICE -- there was no humidity!

Plus, the gulf coast with summer temps frequently above 100 plus 80 - 90% humidity... ack people drop dead for less.

Give me Kansas City with 101 and 37% humidty any summer day over 85 degrees and 80% humidity here in florida.

 

[tigsmom]

I can do the heat...it's the humidity that gets me everytime. I have trouble breathing. I remember the first time we came out of the Orlando Airport...thought I was going to die!

ps. right now its 59 degrees with 84% humidity.

 

[Erika]

I thought the heat index took into account the humidity- :veryconfu

Anyway- I would take a dry 110 in Phoenix over a humid 90 in Chicago any day.

 

[The Mom]

The summer my husband was deployed in Beriut, and I was pregnant with The Daughter, my family talked me into coming up to RI to get away from the heat. There were a record number of 100+ days that July, and NO central A/C in their house! (RI isn't exactly dry, either. ) Boy did I wish I had stayed in Florida!

And Erika, I believe the index includes the humidity, so that you get a better sense of how the weather "feels."

I've been skiing out west in -0 temperatures and felt quite comfortable. I've been walking here in 30 degree weather and froze my buns off. (Maybe THAT'S where they went! )