February 23rd. 86 degs. In N FL. This is insane.

[Lochloosa]

[Dennis Donovan]

1. I keep getting weather channel emails

...to expect 60+ mph winds in the Finger Lakes (NY).

But climate change is still being discussed as a yes/no thing? I was born here almost 54 yrs ago. THIS IS NOT NORMAL!

[mcar]

2. Same in CFL

I hate this. What's it going to be like in July?

[Lochloosa]

4. We went straight to July. Nice 2 day Spring.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. I am 100 miles NW of you, same weather.

I remember last Feb. Complaining of 2 snows and very cold Feb .

[Lochloosa]

5. We had one freeze last year. First one in 4 years at my house.

[lark]

6. It certainly is in NE FL, around Jacksonville.

I had to dig out a short sleeved shirt and capris today was burning up in 3/4 sleeve shirt and jeans.

[Lochloosa]

7. San Jose area. Howdy neighbor.

[lark]

19. Arlington area here. Howdy to you too!

[workinclasszero]

8. Wow used to live in Tallahassee

It was in the 40's in the winter then. everybody was wearing coats at this time of year.

[Lochloosa]

9. Poor Paul's says hello. My hometown.

[workinclasszero]

10. Do they still have Spanish moss on the trees around there?

It was funny living there because it really didn't feel like "Florida", more like southern Georgia lol

Loved to go to St George island, Destin and Panama Beach.

[Lochloosa]

15. St. George is a hidden gem. You just named my playground growing up 😂

[lark]

20. Hey, did you pick your user name in honor of a Mofro, JJ Grey song?

That's one of my husbands' favorite songs & I really like it too. Love their music! My faves are Mississippi and Walking in Circles.

[Lochloosa]

21. Yep. They're almost neighbors.

As a native Floridian, that song hits home hard.

[Lochloosa]

23. I'm partial to Pray for Rain.

I saw them play with the Jacksonville Sympathy years ago and this song was amazing with the strings.

[Rocky888]

31. Thanks for the tunes!

North fort Myers, FL its 86 degrees and humid here. Born here in 58, I can remember a many a freeze here. No more Winter’s here. And it breaks my heart to see what has happened to our state.

[onethatcares]

11. st pete here

83 degrees and windy. Sun is shining and if you to get some melanoma it's available.

the thing I pay attention to is water temp. Right off the Pinellas county shoreline the GOM is 70 degrees when it should be 58 to 64.

What do they say about warm water and storms?

This year is going to be a nutcracker.

[workinclasszero]

13. Warm water is jet fuel for hurricanes I believe

[doc03]

28. I live in Ohio and have total electric, last January my electric bill was $350

this year $213. So far we had two snow falls about 2" each. I fly out of Pittsburgh Wednesday morning and arrive at St. Pete airport
at 10:15. I see it is going to cool down to the 70s next week I think I can handle it. Looking forward to riding the Pinellas Trail from Clearwater to Tarpon Springs on e day. Love the Greek food at the sponge docks in Tarpon Springs..

[Nevilledog]

12. And we have 26" of snow in N. Arizona.

[Kurt V.]

27. my brother is going to flagstaff next week. he said they had 40"

[Nevilledog]

35. Yup. We're in Prescott. Lower elevation than Flagstaff.

[ornotna]

14. South of Tampa here

It's 84. Summer is going to be a blast!

[monmouth4]

16. 83 degrees right now in West Palm Beach. Love it! n/t

[Awsi Dooger]

17. Very hot in Miami today

Last year we had a warm February but cool March. I'm not expecting to be that lucky again.

[JCMach1]

18. Raised in Florahome (not far from you) and I can remember 90F Xmases

But, I can also remember the single digit freeze we had in the 1980's

[NightWatcher]

22. No, it's El Nino which is Spanish for

[Lochloosa]

24. Nice. Still damn hot today

[NightWatcher]

25. Don't worry tomorrow will be nasty

[Lochloosa]

36. Don't like the weather in Florida, wait an hour.

[DFW]

26. It was a glorious 21 where I was today

Normally I'm glad when I get the weekend off, but today I had to run down to Catalunya (Barcelona to be exact) for work for the day, and it was a sunny 21° C, or about 70° F.

Sometimes I love my job!

I just got home (after 11 PM here), since the normal evening flight home from Barcelona doesn't run on Saturdays, and I had to fly over to Madrid to get a flight back to Düsseldorf.

[Lochloosa]

37. Spain is on my top 5 list to visit.

[DFW]

39. When you get there

Barcelona and Grenada are the must-see cities. Everything else is optional!

I first set foot there when I was 16, and that was 1968. I went back at irregular intervals through about 1980, but my work started taking me elsewhere, and there was an 18 year gap when I hadn't been there at all. But Barcelona is eternal, despite the changes. When I was 16, I lived there for a year, and learned to speak Catalan. Once you can do that, the place is home to anyone who is there, no matter how long you've been away. The Moorish architecture in Grenada (Alhambra, Generalife) are so spectacular and well-preserved, they must be seen as well (the mosque at Córdoba is worth a visit, too, as long as you're in the neighborhood).

[Lochloosa]

40. Thanks.

[FloridaBlues]

29. I think the same way it's way too early for almost 90 degree

We went from winter to summer in 2 days.
It's going to be another long hot summer in Florida.

[shanti]

30. It's not normal for this time of year in FL?

I always thought this was high season down there this time of the year...with the accompanying warm weather. guess not, huh?

[A HERETIC I AM]

33. The warm isn't all that common in February.....

But we, like most of the country (and I suppose the rest of the planet as well) have had some really wild and unusual temp swings this year. The OP is 150 miles west of me. My Weather app says 71 degrees right now (6:20 PM Eastern)

I've gone from needing the heat to the AC repeatedly over the last 6 weeks. I don't think I have gone more than a couple days in a row where it was comfortable all night and all day to just leave the AC unit off completely.

[Lochloosa]

38. February was our coldest month of the year usually.

I grow fall tomatoes and pick them till the first freeze. We had our first one in 4 years last month.

This is North Florida. It does get cold here.

[A HERETIC I AM]

32. And snow in Tucson.

I'm in Jax and head up to Pittsburgh tonight.

Kinda glad I'm not going past your place! It only gets worse the further west you go!!

[lpbk2713]

34. Been running my A/C 24 Hrs for a couple of weeks.

Lakeland.

There was a short time back in January when I was able to open the windows.