Summer In Florida Will Be ‘Sizzling,’ Farmers’ Almanac Says

FLORIDA — Florida residents be warned: it's about to get HOT! Investing in a portable fan, stocking up on bottled water, sunscreen and avoiding the sunny outdoors may not be a bad idea as we approach summer.

According to the Farmers’ Almanac summer forecast prediction, Summer 2022 in Florida is going to be "sizzling." Yes, that is, in fact, the very adjective America's oldest source for weather forecasts used to recently describe summer in the Sunshine State.

But in addition to the predicted blistering weather, Floridians can expect their summer months to be humid coupled with big thunderstorms heading into summer, which officially starts June 21 with the summer solstice:

Generally, the stormy weather will mark the transition from spring to summer, especially along the Eastern Seaboard and the Great Lakes regions, according to the Farmers’ Almanac.

Summer will be “a hot one nationwide,” the Farmers’ Almanac said. The closest thing to a mild summer will be in New England and the Great Lakes region, but that prediction is based on a wave of cool air arriving in September, according to the Farmers’ Almanac.

According to the forecast, the dog days of summer in late July are expected to be “brutally hot,” with highs in the 90s and triple digits, and “blistering hot” temperatures are expected to persist over Central and Western states.

The worst of the heat should be over by mid-August, though, the almanac said.

Rainfall is expected to be about normal in the middle of the country, including in the Great Lakes and north and south-central United States; above normal in the Southeast; and below normal in the Northeast.

Drought conditions are expected to persist in the Southwest, where even the Desert Southwest monsoon rains aren’t expected to deliver any drought relief. The Pacific states will be unusually dry as well, according to the almanac.