Topsy-turvy weather

This past summer – “wet season” in Florida – it was very hot and very dry. I heard many people say they had never seen such a hot, dry summer. Ft Myers was officially in a moderate drought. So there was some concern as winter – “dry season” approached.

Not to worry. December and, so far, January have been cold and wet. With very little sun. Cloudy, rainy, dreary. Not at all what is expected here. But we are no longer in a drought – we got nearly 6″ of rain on Monday alone. Streets were flooded and some were closed. I was driving on a road and sharing the space with a guy in a kayak. My site got was about 2″ deep in rainwater everywhere. Worse than Hurrican Ian last year. Today the forecast high is 65. That doesn’t sound bad to people up north, I know, but it is very chilly for Ft Myers residents. Again, many people are saying it is the “worst winter ever.”

Dry summer, wet winter. Topsy turvy.