{"id":2063,"date":"2016-10-23T09:30:08","date_gmt":"2016-10-23T13:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sarasotaschoolofmassagetherapy.edu\/blog\/?p=56"},"modified":"2026-02-06T12:55:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T17:55:49","slug":"sarasota-autumn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sarasotaschoolofmassagetherapy.edu\/es\/2016\/10\/23\/sarasota-autumn\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarasota Autumn"},"content":{"rendered":"

People exploring the possibility of relocating to Sarasota to study at SSMT may wonder about \u00a0the weather here. Today seems like a good day to muse on the weather, as this morning it feels distinctly like Sarasota fall.<\/p>\n

While there is certainly a subtlety to the seasonal differences in Florida;\u00a0there is magic in that first morning\u00a0in the fall when the temperature drops into the 60’s and the windows are thrown wide. Fall is more muted\u00a0in Florida than in the rest of the country, but it does come earlier in the Sarasota area than it does in south Florida. We open our windows in Sarasota and Bradenton when the A\/C units are still humming steadily in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and Naples.\u00a0This year that first cool morning came in the second week of October, and by this morning it was a refreshing 50\u02da. By the afternoon it still is warm enough to dip into the Gulf of Mexico.<\/p>\n

\"muhly-grass\"
Muhly Grass in the SSMT Parking Lot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fall colors\u00a0may be more subdued in Southwest Florida\u00a0too, but it’s here\u00a0for the discerning eye. Leaves don’t turn until November or December, but October brings a profusion of distinctly autumnal pinkish-purple blooms on the native muhly grass<\/em>. These lovely purple squirrel tails last about a month, and precede leaves turning various shades of yellow and red on the native trees of southwest Florida.<\/p>\n

By\u00a0Thanksgiving the native red maples <\/em> usually turn deep red, and by New Year’s Eve my Sweetgum<\/em> drops its gumdrops and turns reddish\u00a0orange.<\/p>\n

\"Fall
Live Oak, Sweetgum & Pygmy Palm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The\u00a0Live Oak<\/em> in the \u00a0foreground on the left of\u00a0this image (taken in my driveway last December) won’t turn yellow until March, and often the new buds of spring push off the old leaves, so that – for the Oaks – fall and spring happen in the same week.<\/p>\n

The seasons may be subtle, but October, January, April and August are different enough to appreciate each in its own way – and the clear cooler air of fall is one of the loveliest times in this year-round paradise we call home.<\/p>\n

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