Last summer here was not all that cool. Btw it was the last TWO winters that were cool here it is just that this last one was over the top. In fact to be honest with you the lows at my house were not anything unusually low for the winter (I'm not sure if the lowest temp was 23 or 24f, I don't remember. lows of 24f are not common but not unheard of at my house I usually get at least a few nights each year where temps drop into the mid to upper 20's.) nor were they really that unusually low in the greater Orlando area. What was different than most years was that the temps did not go back up the next day. there were several days where the temps did not go out of the low to mid 30's during the day where they typically go back up to the mid to upper 50's after such fronts.
As far as the El nino la nina crap. we here it every year down hear el nino this la nina that combine it with the large hispanic population trying to shove spanish down our throats and pretty soon it all sounds like la la la la la la la la la la la .
Here's my take on it from the perspective of not only being a landscaper but also from keeping reptiles outside for many years .
Every year the winters here are mild and every year some meteorologists start spouting off about one or the other of the 2 mexican weather phenomena el la bla bla bla. every year no matter which one we have we will inevitably have a few fronts that will throw some colder than normal temperatures (usually in the upper 20's north of Orlando) that will have every fern, strawberry and citrus farmer in the area crying doom. Every year they pass and miraculously we still have fern strawberry and citrus farmers.
Some winters it gets colder than others like the last 2 and for a while it looked like there was somewhat of a warming trend which I notice from what people are growing in the greater Orlando area and what is surviving through the winters.
What I have noticed is that the warming and cooling trends appear to come in cycles. Whether or not they really are related to the el nino and la nina cycles I can't really say because like I said they are screaming one or the other every year and they weather isn't THAT much different.
I can tell you that it was a wetter than normal winter here and usually when the winters here are wet the temps are a bit higher than normal so in that sense I guess it was a bit odd.

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