Category: Weather

Here’s our photo of the day, and maybe the week. Today is the coldest day of the year in West Boca.
We don’t see any ice.
Remember folks – if there’s no frost on the greens, it’s golf weather. But wear a sweater.
And check out our West Boca weather page for hyperlocal weather details.

With the temperature dropping to 40 degrees tonight and a freeze warning in some parts, we have some tips for Floridians unfamiliar with cold weather. I lived most of my life in Albany NY, where the high for this week is 40 and it’s expected to hit zero in a few days.
So …
5. Wear a hat. You lose a lot of body heat through your head. Hats keep your head warm and that keeps your body warmer.
4. Wear layers. It’s not the fabrics that keep you warm. It’s the air between the layers of fabric that really provide the insulation. So wear a t-shirt under a long sleeved shirt under a sweater, and then a jacket if necessary.
3. Move. Getting your body moving helps you generate your own heat. So jump up and down or run in place. Don’t actually move fast because that means wind which draws heat from you.
2. Stay inside. It’s much warmer inside your house or car.
1. Get real. Recognize that 40 degrees still isn’t cold. As kids in Albany, a 40 degree day in January was a warm spell and we would play outside all day in shorts and t-shirts. It’s golf weather if there’s no frost on the greens.

We’ve added some weather information to our website. First of all, on the right column you can see a “widget” showing current conditions and a brief forecast. The data comes from an unofficial weather station in Boca Falls.
We also added a page with more weather resources: West Boca Weather. It’s under the West Boca section of our menu.
It may be obvious but this addition was triggered by all the flooding experienced in Palm Beach County today. We really appreciate the Boca Police Chief’s sense of humor: