When does summer 2024 start? Here’s what the Farmer’s Almanac says about Florida’s summer

C. A. Bridges, USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida
Updated ·2 min read

Spring is officially here, so it's time to start looking toward the summer.

Which, let's face it, is pretty much the same thing in Florida. The state saw cooler weather on the first day of spring this year but we're coming off the hottest year on record with every indication 2024 will break that again.

Here are the early forecasts for summer 2024.

When does summer start in 2024?

The first day of summer officially begins in the Northern Hemisphere on Thursday, June 20, 2024, at 4:51 p.m. That's the day of the summer solstice, the longest day of the year.

That's the earliest start for summer in 128 years, despite this being a leap year.

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What does the Farmers' Almanac predict for summer 2024?

The Farmers' Almanac predicts this upcoming summer will be "steamy and thundery" in Florida.
The Farmers' Almanac predicts this upcoming summer will be "steamy and thundery" in Florida.

We're looking at a "warm, hot and muggy summer" ahead, according to the 206-year-old weather prognosticator, with lots of rain.

Southeast states — including us — can expect "summer’s soaking showers and steamy days." with coastal rain and fog forecast for Father's Day (June 16) and "hazy sun, muggy with hit-or-miss thunderstorms" for the Fourth of July.

August is expected to be "especially wet and showery" across the eastern two-thirds of the country, the Farmers' Almanac said.

What are the Farmers' Almanac predictions for the 2024 hurricane season?

"Our summer forecast calls for two hurricanes at the end of summer," the Almanac said, with one predicted along the Gulf Coast toward the end of August and one along the Atlantic Seaboard in September.

AccuWeather is predicting a "very active" hurricane season this year. Earlier this month, the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts was predicting a "very busy" Atlantic hurricane season through September with about 17 named storms and nine hurricanes, according to a tweet from Philip Klotzbach, meteorologist at Colorado State University specializing in Atlantic basin seasonal hurricane forecasts.

The 2024 hurricane season officially begins on June 1 but storms may form before then.

This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Farmers' Almanac predicts 'hot and muggy' Florida summer