How bad is August?

[disneymouse16]

What is your experience traveling to Florida in August? I am hoping to make a mother/daughter trip work sometime next year and I'm currently looking at August. Everything in my is screaming that will be way too hot! However, that may be the best time for us to go. I might can arrange for another time over the summer but would any summer trip really matter? What about crowds, would mid August possibly have lighter crowds?

 

[Disneydawg74]

Lived in Tampa for 40+ years. August is brutally hot in central Florida and often very rainy as well(which makes it hot and muggy afterwards). But, it’s often this way in July and September too. June is somewhat better.

 

[Mr_Woodchuck]

We always go in August because of work schedules, lower crowds, and cheaper prices. The first time it took a bit to get used to, but now we know how to deal with heat and love it! We go early at rope drop, plan on taking a midday break when it Thunderstorms (always happens 2-4 pm). Then go back for the evening and late nights.

 

[ShaneDJ]

Weather is horrible then. As mentioned above, it is brutally hot (and humid).

We will never go in August again. Last trip in August was miserable.

For us, travel to WDW in October to March is best.

 

[Disneylover99]

Our regular trips are in August. It’s super hot and we don’t like the heat, but somehow we’ve gotten used to it and it doesn’t bother us anymore.

Crowds aren’t too bad and the Halloween parties at the MK typically start mid August if that’s something you might be interested in.

 

[Justrose]

We always go in August because of work schedules, lower crowds, and cheaper prices. The first time it took a bit to get used to, but now we know how to deal with heat and love it! We go early at rope drop, plan on taking a midday break when it Thunderstorms (always happens 2-4 pm). Then go back for the evening and late nights.

This is what we do every August trip.

 

[PetePanMan]

Brutal heat and humidity with afternoon drenching storms. Some will say go to parks early, go back to resort in afternoon, and then return to parks in evening. Yes, this helps but it’s still not great IMO. If you can go another time, my advice is do it.

 

[scrappinginontario]

We visit every August and refer to it as melt-your-face-off hot weather. We're prepared and are fine. Just know IF you can both handle the heat, if you can't, I would choose October - June. Also, late August (2 weeks leading up to Labour Day) are lower crowds as many schools are back in session.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

We’ve been many times in August. I always say afterward, “Never again!”… but never say never! (Kinda hard to pass up a great deal!) As a pp mentioned, there are also a lot of thundershowers, as well, often in the late morning or afternoon, which isn’t too, too bad unless everything shuts down (even boats, rides, can be stores, etc.).

Today there are some things I’d bring that I didn’t have in the past, like a cooling hat (run it under water and put on head), a cooling towel (same as hat but for neck), even an umbrella meant to block the sun, etc. I’ve found that as I’ve aged it’s gotten harder and harder to regulate my internal temperature (and in fairness, I also have a medical condition and am on some meds that make it worse). So if you’re younger, it’s sometimes easier, though my daughter’s only in her late 20s and even she’s saying it’s harder now!

I’m talking days that are high 90s but “feel like” low 100s - brutal!

I remember one day making it about halfway around World Showcase when I just couldn’t tolerate it anymore, even after going in places to cool off. We booked it back to the resort and I stood under a waterfall in the pool for a half an hour before I really cooled down! Awful! YMMV!

 

[han22735]

We go every year in August and yes it's hot and yes we always have a lot of fun. Spend more time at the pool and chilling than all day park days.

 

[reddog21]

We always go in July/August, the heat would never stop us from going. It's fine and I would never hesitate to go during the summer.

 

[VGCgroupie]

It's very very hot. It makes it difficult to be as on your game and get things done. As much as I dislike the heat for me it's the rain that had the biggest impact during the summer.

 

[Genie+]

Humidity peaks in August so likely to be the most relentless, though comparing it to the rest of Orlando summer is like the difference between 20°F or 10°F. If you can handle one you can handle the other.

I like using weatherspark’s format for comparing my odds during different weeks and months.

https://weatherspark.com/y/17721/Average-Weather-in-Orlando-Florida-United-States-Year-Round

Scroll down to see everything. It has averages and the actual data of recent years.

As far as crowds summer has been trending down for years now. Plus the pattern of August getting relatively slower as the weeks go by still holds true. In a general sense you can expect (wdwprepschool):