Best time of year for the Florida Keys?
My wife and I just bought a 31-foot Jayco TT, both of us have just retired, and we have never been to the Keys; been to the FL gulf many times as we live in Alabama. We would like to make a "tour" of...
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We go down to the Keys every winter, and the weather is usually very nice...average 80 day time and 70 night time. Sometimes a little lower. We're long time Floridians so we don't like cold/cool water. The water starts to warm up nice in about April and the winds tend to be a little less, which is better for boating/kayaking.
Hurricane season is June 1 thru November 30, so if there is a threat of one coming, they evacuate all the tourists first. You need to keep that in mind. It's a long way down there. It's pretty hot and muggy in the summer, but bugs aren't a problem. Just because no hurricane hit Florida in the past few years, all it takes is one tropical storm. We lived through 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons in Tampa and those were "years from hell." Ask any Floridian. We were under almost constant threat of one hurricane or another. We were all "storm weary" for most of the season.
We have a lot on Cudjoe Key and love to spend winters in the Keys. If not for family obligations, we would be there from Dec 1 (end of hurricane season) through the end of May when it starts to get pretty hot.
Whenever you go, it's nice, but summer is pretty hot.
Hurricane season is June 1 thru November 30, so if there is a threat of one coming, they evacuate all the tourists first. You need to keep that in mind. It's a long way down there. It's pretty hot and muggy in the summer, but bugs aren't a problem. Just because no hurricane hit Florida in the past few years, all it takes is one tropical storm. We lived through 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons in Tampa and those were "years from hell." Ask any Floridian. We were under almost constant threat of one hurricane or another. We were all "storm weary" for most of the season.
We have a lot on Cudjoe Key and love to spend winters in the Keys. If not for family obligations, we would be there from Dec 1 (end of hurricane season) through the end of May when it starts to get pretty hot.
Whenever you go, it's nice, but summer is pretty hot.
