Please Don't Hate Florida
After viewing the included link from the National Weather Service, please don't hate Florida. Temperature Map
Forum Discussion
Yes, there are 3 USDA 'zones in Florida - 8, 9, 10. The weather (and also the plants) is noticeably different from the Fl/Ga border to Miami. Just notice the types of trees when you cross the border. Not nearly as many palms at the northern end of Florida as there are around the Orlando area, and by the time you get to either Miami or Ft Myers, palms dominate. You are definitely in a tropical zone down there. Even more interesting to me is that there are palms that will grow down around the Miami latitudes but won't tolerate the cooler temps that exist in the Orlando - Ocala areas.
* Completely agree about the Midwest comment - lived in Iowa for a long time. Many times they will have summer temps higher then the Orlando area where I live now. In fact, I was there the first week of September and it was 98 - 100 for several days. It was very weird to drive north from Florida and have it get hotter, the further north I drove.
* Completely agree about the Midwest comment - lived in Iowa for a long time. Many times they will have summer temps higher then the Orlando area where I live now. In fact, I was there the first week of September and it was 98 - 100 for several days. It was very weird to drive north from Florida and have it get hotter, the further north I drove.
