Gotta love the Disney weather forecast

[TXAKDisneyFan]

We just got back from WDW a couple days ago. Before we left, the weather forecast said 60-80% chance of rain every day.

It rained (fairly hard) for maybe 30 minutes our first day there, but then the sun came out and we dried quickly. Over the course of 10 days, it rained once more around day 5 (very large, sporadic drops for only about 5 minutes), and again for about 10 minutes a few days after that. We did see lightening in the distance a few times, and could heard thunder, but didn't get rained on aside from those 3 instances.

It seemed like most mornings had clear skies with temps in the low 80s, and then large, puffy clouds rolled in for the afternoon (temps in mid-90s). A couple days, the heat index got up to high-90s (one day, weather.com said the heat index was 102*). It got gradually cloudier as the day progressed, with many overcast evenings.

 

[djc9699]

We have gone the first couple weeks of June for 3 of the past 4 years. Barring one horrendous downpour at MK one year, we have had light showers almost every afternoon of every trip. Most of the time we would come out of an attraction or lunch and see that it had rained. It won't rain all day. It might rain for a little while but not usually a whole day. Unless they get some of the rain we have had here in Texas for the past month.

 

[Raenstoirm]

Not sure about June (next week is our first time), but in September it rains every day. The worst is maybe 45 minutes. We did have one trip where it rained for hours almost every single day though. That one really sucked!

 

[nilla]

We go through this dance every year. "Oh no, it's going to rain every day we're there!"

Then, the next day: "Wait - it now says we won't get any rain whatsoever!"

 

[DrivenByDisney]

92 degrees and 50% chance of rain the next 10 days. Oh man, guess we should cancel the vacation now. lol

Must be easy to be a weather person there.

Yup. Florida weather from Late May through September pretty much. Well, the temperatures go up, but the rain is still there.

 

[Ears2YouVlog]

I LOVE when it rains at the parks, especially in the afternoon. Crowds dwindling, lines shortening, the smell of fresh ponchos! haha. The best way to deal with the HEAT though is to mentally prepare for it. Sounds crazy but if you already come to terms with the fact that YOU WILL BE COVERED IN SWEAT and that it will be very hot and uncomfortably humid, it is a lot easier to just say "oh well" and have a good time.

 

[CAS239]

A lot of people think the rain is good and that it cools everything off...

...those people don't know our Florida weather

The problem is it normally only rains for about 15 min..so not enough time to make the crowds leave the park. Then after the rain stops the humidity skyrockets higher than it was prior to the rain.

Don't pay attention to the weather forecasts until the day of. Then view it hourly. The day could have 80% chance of rain. But it could be 80% chance at 2pm, then 0% the rest of the day

 

[msb578]

I LOVE when it rains at the parks, especially in the afternoon. Crowds dwindling, lines shortening, the smell of fresh ponchos! haha. The best way to deal with the HEAT though is to mentally prepare for it. Sounds crazy but if you already come to terms with the fact that YOU WILL BE COVERED IN SWEAT and that it will be very hot and uncomfortably humid, it is a lot easier to just say "oh well" and have a good time.

Well, I thought I had prepared, and I ended up in First Aid, but I see what you're saying

 

[Thumper1066]

We looked yesterday at the two week extended forcast. The first week in June it looks like 90+ and chance of rain everyday. The next week it is supposed to be cooler in the 80's. Under one day it said 83 and printed underneath it said COLD. I about fell out of my chair, if 83 is cold, those folks would never survive a midwest winter.

 

[LumosQ102]

A lot of people think the rain is good and that it cools everything off...

...those people don't know our Florida weather

The problem is it normally only rains for about 15 min..so not enough time to make the crowds leave the park. Then after the rain stops the humidity skyrockets higher than it was prior to the rain.

Don't pay attention to the weather forecasts until the day of. Then view it hourly. The day could have 80% chance of rain. But it could be 80% chance at 2pm, then 0% the rest of the day

That was my moment of amazement the first time I visited in summer. There was a great storm that killed our raincoats (they didn't stand a chance, we looked like we had jumped in the lake), so nipped back to the hotel to change. The rain stopped whilst we were in our room but as we came out of the lobby air conditioning it was like walking into a sauna, steamy thick wet air. It was most odd, but really rather glorious.

 

[Bluegrrl]

OMG, what is it with everyone? Relax, it's just Florida weather, and it changes minute to minute. If it weren't for the rain, we wouldn't have the flowers and trees that everyone loves. There is a water table in Florida that needs to be kept up, otherwise we get droughts and such. You wouldn't like Florida when we have droughts. And most of the time, it could be raining in Epcot and sunny at Magic Kingdom. Or it could rain from 3pm to 3:30. Don't trust the weather reports. My family jokes that while it rains cats and dogs in Altamonte Springs (where we live), it never seems to rain in Oviedo (where they live).

Embrace the rain, it's what makes your vacation possible. It makes the weather lovely, the grass green, the flowers grow. the evenings cool and the palms (non-native, btw) happy. Pack a poncho. Wear non soggy shoes. We haven't had rain for most of this week even though the guys tell us we should be getting some.

 

[Ears2YouVlog]

Well, I thought I had prepared, and I ended up in First Aid, but I see what you're saying

oh no! there are some things that no amount of mental prep prevent. hope everything turned out ok!

 

[msb578]

oh no! there are some things that no amount of mental prep prevent. hope everything turned out ok!

A little dehydration; a pretty major migraine- nothing too serious though. I told them where I was from and the nurses were like "oh, ok, yeah". It must happen a lot.

 

[TwinPrincessMermaids]

Mornings, evenings, mid-day, midnight- I don't know how you people do it. Sweating profusely at 8 am just isn't for me

I haven't lived here thru Aug yet (I don't think anything can be worse than 7 yrs in the western ky side of the ridiculous TN valley tho, triple digits every day and NO air moving, super high humidity and killer storms....I have a new appreciation for extreme weather) however even now (almost June) the only early sweat I get is running the dogs up hills. Our mornings are stunning, blustering, perfect. Our nights are great. Unless I'm running, I don't sweat before 11 much or after 4:30. I LOVe never having to carry a jacket anymore!!! I seriously freak out when it gets below 50, I hate it.

Speaking of which, I agree with the PP about the winter, just depends on if there rest of the country gets a cold snap. A 40 degree FL is sooooo much worse than the 15 degree northern winter I grew up in. Coastal cold is humid and windy and horrible and no one likes to leave the house. Its not just that we aren't used to it, its a very damp nasty chill. I instantly long for 90 again! But it doesn't last long, usually just a day or so.

My thing about KY, if I was going to suffer thru 99 degreea humid everyday, I should be able to have a milder winter to go with it. NOPE. We get all the bad there. Bad winters bad summers. I'll take Fl for sure! (Ask me again in Sept tho!)

 

[ZoZo]

Here's a link to a Florida news station web site, where their weather people explain what "80% chance of rain" actually means:

http://www.baynews9.com/content/new...ticles/bn9/2014/6/5/what_does_the_chance.html

It doesn't mean that it's going to rain 80% of the time, on any given day (virtually all day long). It's a percentage of the forecast area that is likely to see some measurable rainfall sometime that day. Florida often has brief afternoon rainshowers, often lasting just a few minutes. The forecast has nothing to do with how heavy the rain may or may not be, or how long it will last. At WDW, it can also be raining at MK but perfectly dry at Epcot!

 

[Ariel Wanna-be]

We did have one trip where it rained for hours almost every single day though. That one really sucked!

Hmmmm...was it in late May of 2009? I call that the Trip of the Perpetual Poncho. INCHES of rain every day for a week. The poor Wilderness Lodge had set up buckets on that sloped walkway from the lounge to the elevators because of all the leaks. And it didn't help with the crowds either...everyone was trying to make the best of it, so we were all sloshing through the parks.

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[AirForce Wife]

Wait…the weather in Disney World isn't "practically perfect in every way" everyday?

 

[TXAKDisneyFan]

A lot of people think the rain is good and that it cools everything off...

...those people don't know our Florida weather

The problem is it normally only rains for about 15 min..so not enough time to make the crowds leave the park. Then after the rain stops the humidity skyrockets higher than it was prior to the rain.

Don't pay attention to the weather forecasts until the day of. Then view it hourly. The day could have 80% chance of rain. But it could be 80% chance at 2pm, then 0% the rest of the day

I love the humidity! We (unfortunately) live in WNY currently, and my skin has been a MESS. Very cracked, bloody, and painful. I also constantly have cracked and peeling lips. Ten days in FL and by day 3 my hands were completely healed, and I didn't need lip balm once! (The humidity also helps w my asthma.)

 

[evilqueenmindy]

Hmmmm...was it in late May of 2009? I call that the Trip of the Perpetual Poncho. INCHES of rain every day for a week. The poor Wilderness Lodge had set up buckets on that sloped walkway from the lounge to the elevators because of all the leaks. And it didn't help with the crowds either...everyone was trying to make the best of it, so we were all sloshing through the parks.

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Hahahahahaha, we were there! I was just recently looking thru all my old Disney trip folders, and that one is marked across the front, in Sharpie "the trip of RAAAAAAINNNNNN"
I'm fron here, that week was the worst, weather-wise

 

[LENNON500]

92 degrees and 50% chance of rain the next 10 days. Oh man, guess we should cancel the vacation now. lol

Must be easy to be a weather person there.

Take this for what it's worth....we just returned from a 10 day trip (5/18-5/27)...the forecast included a 40% chance of rain every day during our trip. It rained two days, for a total of approx 20 minutes....the rest of the time was hot and sunny. Forecasting is NOT a science, despite what the meteorologists think ;-) Enjoy your vacation and don't worry about the rain!