4 Things You Must Know Before Moving to Miramar Beach Florida [Weather Addition]

So, you're thinking about moving to Miramar Beach, Florida and you're wondering, what are some things that I need to know? Now, you may have already seen some other videos about specifics about why people want to move here and specific things. Well, these specific one’s going to talk more about the weather and why you should really know these things prior to making that decision to coming down here to the beautiful Emerald Coast.

Alright. So, let's get into it. Why do you want to move here to Miramar Beach? Why are people coming out this way?

Well, first things first is that it has a great job market, thanks to all the tourism. So, if you haven't ever been here or you have, it's probably because you came down here to vacation, maybe you went Destin, maybe you're part of the military drove around, you're like, hey, this is pretty cool. But, yeah, the tourism brings in a ton of revenue. And, who could blame you? It's kind of the upper end of most of the vacations without getting into the luxury market, which is down in 30a. Fantastic area.

It's also great nightlife out in Miramar Beach. You got Baytowne, Baytowne Wharf, tons of different stuff happening all the time. Just couple weekends ago, there was a tacos and tequila fest. It is pretty awesome. There's tons and tons of different things that are happening there. You also have Pompano Joe's, which is also there on a public beach access in Miramar Beach. Absolutely gorgeous. If you haven't gone down Scenic Highway 98 and you're kind of going down there, you'll go towards Pompano Joe's. But, the actual road goes right by the beach, so you can just kind of look out to the right and you see that gorgeous you know, emerald colored water. It's just breathtaking every time. I've lived here for many, many years. Every time I do that, it still looks over and I'm like, I can't believe I live here. This is absolutely gorgeous. And of course, you have the Crab Trap Destin, which is technically in Destin, but it's like right there in the border between there.

Not only that, but people are moving here because the schools are good. Schools are rated B-, but not bad for a beach town. Overall, though, if you look them up on like, niche.com or niche.com, depending on where you're from, and you read the reviews from the locals, people absolutely love that area. Just five-star reviews all around.

Now, there are tons of restaurants and you're going to be close to a lot of different stores. Of course, you have your Silver Sands Premium Outlets, tons of shopping opportunities if you want to go out there. There's all different types of restaurants from Greek food to the melting pot to everywhere, you know. You're not far from shopping as well. You do have one of our well, there's two main grocery stores that we have in our area, which is the Winn Dixie, Publix and just on the eastern side, which is right next to Miramar Beach, is a Whole Foods in Destin that's out there. Of course, I already mentioned it before, but the beaches, the views of the Gulf, access to everything, that's why people want to move out here. It's just phenomenal.

Alright. Time to get into the weather. The reason that you clicked on here, let's kind of get into it. There are 4 things that I want to convey to you that you need to know about prior to coming here.

1. It isn't Central or South Florida

It's just, it's not. It's Northwest Florida. Meaning, it gets cold. We get all the weather that kind of shifts down from Alabama and Georgia or things that are coming up off the gulf. And because of that, we do get these cold fronts that can hit us. When does it get cold? No, no, I'll just say that it becomes Florida cold between March or between December and March. You're going to see temperatures around averaging about 45, 46 to upwards to 62. That's our warm days here in the winter. Other that seems like it's going to be pretty warm, it feels way colder than it actually says. Why? Because, the humidity still doesn't go away, because we're still next to the gulf. So, that humidity is still pretty high. It's above fifty percent even in the wintertime and that makes the colder cold. An extreme example of this is, prior to getting into real estate, I was in the military. And one of the units I used to fly with, because I was with the C-130 as a flight engineer is that, we would go to Antarctica and resupply, like, South Pole station. We'd also go to the Arctic Circle. One thing that's cool about Antarctica is one of the driest continents. And because of that, you know, you'd go out and be like -20 to -40. And, I mean that's cold. Right? But it didn't seem too bad. And I was like, maybe I'm just getting used to it. Well, if it comes mid season, we go to the Arctic Circle and we're up in a place called Cambridge Bay. And we land there and it says the chart says that it's -20. We're like, oh, okay. Step out to just kind of walk through around the airplane and back, didn't really put on the same because I'm like, that's only -20. And I came back in my face with beet red. Why? Because it's still humid in Arctic Circle versus the Antarctic Circle. That humidity made so much a difference. It felt like it was -40. I mean, who can tell the difference at that point? It was so bad. So yes, the humidity makes such a huge difference here when it starts to get cold. Alright.

2. Hurricane Season is a Thing

Hurricane season is a thing, but it's not as bad as you think. It really isn't. Now, it starts typically June 1st through the end of November. Yeah, that's half a year, it's six months. But, that's our season. Alright? To give you a good example of how often things hit here, I'll give you when the last ones have hit. So, the last big one that came through was in 2018. It hit Panama City. It was Hurricane Michael. That was a category four, verging out of Cat five. When it got up to the code, it was looking like a two or three and then just boom, just hit and just had just went up and it was like 140 sustained knot winds. It's crazy. Right? And that did about a lot of damage. But prior to that, it's 2004. And that was Hurricane Ivan. And that hit Pensacola. It was about a 105 knots, category two, category three, and did some pretty good damage around here as well. Prior to that, was 1995. So, you can see that there are big gaps in times when big ones come through, and that was Hurricane Opal, by the way. But the best case when something does come through is to just be prepared. Alright? Usually if it's a cat-2, cat-1, people stick around. When it starts to push cat-3, 4, and above, people are getting out of town. I mean, I would. So, you know, have a plan, what you're going to do, prep your house, know how to do that. Have a kit that's either going to go with you or is going to help you until power gets comes back on. It's not that big of a deal, and most of the structures around here are built to sustain those high winds. For an example, most structures will have wind mitigation part of their building where they have hurricane clips that are on the rafters, there's so many nails that need to be in the shingles, things like that, to kind of help to make sure that everything stays where it's supposed to be.Alright.

3. It's Hot

And, it is hot and it gets humid. And because of that, like the example before, it works on the other end too. You got to walk out, you're like, this is exhausting. It says that it's eighty degrees out, but it feels like I'm melting. Alright. So, when are the highest temperatures here in our area? It's typically between June and August, even into September sometimes from seventy five to ninety degrees. Humidity at that time of year is the highest. And it's usually somewhere around seventy percent or higher, which is exhausting. But, it does get hot and it does get humid. It's kind of nice when you can dress for it. If you like the heat, then this is the perfect time to be here.

4. It Rains a Lot

Alright. Last but not least, number four. It rains a lot and it rains just randomly. As an example, as of the day of this video, is in the beginning of June and walked out this perfectly sunny day. Going to go show a home, cause I'm a realtor. Go in and show a home, and I go to step outside, there's just dumping rain, and I look up and it's clear blue skies. It's like, how does that even possible? Obviously, there was cloud somewhere back behind me that I couldn't see. But, just pouring buckets. And then, ten minutes later, it was like it never even happened. So, yeah, it does rain quite a bit. We do have a lot. Typically between July and September's where we're going to see the most, and of course, that's in our hurricane season. We get random storms that come up through here that are hurricanes. But we average about six inches a month. This seem like a lot, but when it does come down comes down pretty quick. It can be random when does happen. And you'll see because you'll look at the seven day forecast, five day forecast, whatever they're doing, and you'll see that there's always a chance of thunderstorms. Every single day, you're like, I don't know what that means. So, that's basically, just be prepared at any time that it might be pouring rain in ninety degrees and just be ready for that.

So, we do have storms, we do have everything. Now, those are just kind of the things that are part of living here in Florida, but there's so many great reasons why you should be here.

So, that's all that I do have for the weather version of the 4 things that you must know prior to moving here to Miramar Beach, Florida. If you have any questions about anything that I mentioned here, please feel free to call/text us at 850.320.7757 or email us at Admin@WhittemoreGroupRE.com