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Ocala Weather Update September 09

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September is still the summer in Ocala and not at all like fall as in other parts of the country.  It’s still plenty hot and plenty humid. Towards the end of the month the heat will begin to back off a little. By that I mean the high 80’s instead of the mid to low 90’s.

Here we are in September, at the peak of hurricane season and for the second year in a row, nothing is happening. Why do experts make predictions anyway when they are so wrong so often. Ocala is one of the least hurricane prone areas in Florida but the remnants of hurricanes provide a lot of scary wind and huge amounts of rain. In that sense I’m glad we’re having such an uneventful season and I hope it continues.

August was much wetter than in past years. We had several years of low rainfall and this year is back to normal. By that I mean afternoon thunderstorms on a regular basis. Some of these thunderstorms can drop 2 or 3 inches in less than an hour. I’m not kidding, I’ve had to lower my swimming pool several times to keep it from over flowing.

Remember as I love to say, the hot summers are a very small price to pay for no winters. I look forward to the winter.  Do you?

Ocala weather August 2009

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Ocala weather in August is pretty much the same every day. Never below 90 and never above 95 in the day. Never below 70 at night and more like the mid 70’s. It’s humid all the time and there is a possibility of a thunderstorm almost every afternoon.

We are having a very uneventful hurricane season so far this year. Let’s hope it stays that way. In case you haven’t read my weather reports before this one, Ocala is probably the safest place in all of Florida for hurricanes. That’s not to say Ocala will never get one but that it’s unlikely.

As I always say, don’t let the heat and humidity bother you, it’s a very small price to pay for no winter.

Ocala Florida weather for July 09

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The weather in June here in Ocala was wet. The past few years we basically had a drought during the wet season. It’s not that it didn’t rain in past years, it was just drier than it should have been. This year we are back to normal. By normal I mean showers in the afternoon on a very regular basis. I had to drain my swimming pool twice to keep it from over flowing.

July will probably be much the same as June. Highs in the 90’s, lows at night in the mid 70’s and plenty humid. Interestingly there seems to be little or no tropical storm activity out there so far this year.

As I always say, the heat and humidity of Florida summers is a very small price to pay for no winter.

Ocala Weather June 2009

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Before getting to the weather in June here in Ocala let’s look back at May. May was one of the rainiest months of May on record. That’s a good thing because May is usually very dry and the Ocala area has had a drought.

June is the beginning of the wet season. In the afternoon winds from the Atlantic collide with winds off the Gulf causing instability in the atmosphere resulting in thunderstorms.

The humidity also returns to Ocala in June. The temperatures are in the low 90’s almost every day and the night time gets down to only the mid 70’s. There is no doubt about it the air is very humid.

June is also the beginning of hurricane season in Florida. Although the ocean water really isn’t warm enough yet to really get hurricanes going. Ocala, being in the middle of the state is one of the least hurricane prone areas in all of Florida.

Updated Ocala weather update

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Since I wrote about the crazy rains we have been experiencing I’ve had some other thoughts. When I was looking to move to Florida 5 years ago I came to Ocala because it had never suffered a direct hit from a hurricane.

In the dry season Florida is prone to wild fires. Although wildfires can happen any where, the worst of them seem to happen either south or east of Marion county. I find this odd seeing so much of the eastern part of Marion county is the Ocala national forest .

Now that much of the eastern part of central Florida is experiencing historic flooding, the Ocala area seems to be once again getting off easy.

There are no guarantees in life, but as far as weather related problems go,  the Ocala area seems to be one of the safest parts of Florida.

Ocala weather update

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We are having the weirdest weather here in Ocala. It has been raining for almost a week. The weather report claims we had about 7 inches and I believe it. I had to empty my swimming pool twice this week!

What’s so odd about rain in the spring you might ask? It’s supposed to be the dry season, which begins in October and doesn’t end until the first of June. Ocala has had as much rain this week as a tropical storm would deliver. Areas east of Marion County towards Daytona have had it even worse with severe flooding.

The funny thing is that until this rain we had no precipitation at all for about a month. It was a drought and everyone was worried about forest fires. There are basically 2 types of rain events in Florida. The afternoon thunderstorms caused by winds off the Atlantic colliding with winds from the Gulf, which only last an hour or two, and tropical storms. Weather like this is very odd.

Ocala weather May 09

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Flowering Date Palm

Flowering Date Palm

May in Ocala is a time of transition. The dry air of the spring and winter is leaving and the humidity of the summer is just around the corner. The temperatures are in the high 80’s to even the low 90’s. There is some but not a lot on humidity in the air. The night time temps are in the mid 60’s to low 70’s. The late afternoons and evenings require some air conditioning. If you do your own yard work it’s best to get outdoor projects over by the end of the month. May is also the end of the dry seaon. The dry season starts in October and ends in May.

Ocala weather April 09

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The weather is Ocala is just fantastic in the month of April. The highs are in the low to mid 80’s and the lows are in the 50 to 60 range. The air is still dry with no humidity. This is my favorite time of year here in Ocala. The grass is getting green, shrubs are flowering and it’s as warm as mid summer in other parts of the country except without the humidity. If you’d like to live in Ocala see my Free Ocala MLS Search

Ocala Florida weather March 09

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Azalea

Spring has sprung here in Ocala. March is the first month of spring in Ocala. All of a sudden the weather warms up to the high 70’s & low 80’s, the grass turns green & the azaleas bloom. Nights do get down to the 50’s but things warm up by 10 in the morning. The air is dry with no humidity. It’s my favorite time of year. No need for heat or the AC. It’s a great time to be outside.