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FORT LAUDERDALE · THE 12-MONTH VERDICT · 26.1° N Fort Lauderdale never really closes. The coolest month of the year still averages 75.6°F by day, the sea never drops below 77.5°F, and no month on the calendar sends you looking for a coat. That makes the timing question sharper rather than easier: if every month … Read more
FANNING SPRINGS · NORTH FLORIDA · THE 12-MONTH VERDICT Fanning Springs sits where a spring run meets the Suwannee River, and most people arrive with one question: which month is worth the drive? The thermometer answers only half of it. The pool itself holds its temperature all year, while the air above it swings from … Read more
BLUE SPRING · FLORIDA · THE 12-MONTH VERDICT The water at Blue Spring does not keep a calendar. The air above it does, and the air is what you are choosing between when you pick a month: how the boardwalk feels at noon, how full the lot is by ten, how many afternoons the rain … Read more
FORT LAUDERDALE · DECEMBER · 26.1° N Fort Lauderdale spends December at 77.7°F by day and 64.7°F at night, with 2.78 inches of rain spread across the whole month and an ocean still reading 79.3°F. Daylight is the trade: 10 hours 33 minutes on December 15, with the sun gone by 5:32 pm. You swim … Read more
FORT LAUDERDALE · NOVEMBER · 26.1° N November is when the Fort Lauderdale numbers stop looking like summer. The gauge at the airport averages a high of 80.8°F and a low of 68.3°F, rainfall comes in at 3.69 inches against October’s 7.37, and the ocean off the beach still reads 82.1°F. Daylight is the cost: … Read more
FLORIDA · FORT LAUDERDALE · OCTOBER October in Fort Lauderdale still swims. The ocean off the beach averages 84.5°F through the month, the airport gauge records average highs of 85.4°F, and the rain total eases from September’s 8.02 inches to 7.37. The trade sits on the calendar rather than on the sand: NOAA runs the … Read more
