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Has the climate in The Villages changed?

The Villages has warmed about 2.9°F since 2006.

About 1.5°F per decade, measured from The Villages's official daily weather records, 2006–2025. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? The Villages's climate has warmed faster than most other cities in United States.

What has actually changed

Each card compares the 1970s (the first ten years of the record) with recent years (the last ten) — the same span the headline and the chart use.

Freezing nights
13 fewer nights
1970s
18 / yr
Recent
5 / yr
Milder winters — fewer frosts
Average temperature
+1.9°F
1970s
70.2°F
Recent
72.1°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
3 fewer days
1970s
118 / yr
Recent
115 / yr
Slightly fewer hot days
Rainy days
19 more days
1970s
112 / yr
Recent
131 / yr
Wetter on average

The Villages's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 2006 to 2025.

55°57°59°61°63°65°67°69°71°73°75°77°2006: 70.3°F2007: 70.8°F2008: 69.9°F2009: 69.7°F2010: 69.6°F2011: 70.9°F2012: 70.7°F2013: 69.9°F2014: 67.1°F2015: 73.0°F2016: 56.8°F2017: 75.6°F2018: 72.2°F2019: 73.2°F2020: 72.9°F2021: 71.9°F2022: 71.6°F2023: 72.4°F2024: 72.2°F2025: 71.6°Flong-term trend2006201020202025
a warmer-than-average year a cooler-than-average year

Each bar is one year. Most recent years sit above the older ones. Some recent years still came in cool — warming is a slope, not a straight climb.

Methodology & sources

Temperature — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at MT Plymouth 1ssw (NOAA GHCN station USC00087228), about 44 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →