May–October
The first summer in a Palatka house
The A/C runs almost all day, west-facing rooms get fierce, and closets sweat if you don’t catch it. Tell me about the house and I’ll put together what people here usually buy before August.
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What kind of house is it?
New construction and the older cottages handle summer a little differently.
A few things people ask
- Is Palatka really that humid?
- Yes. It’s humid subtropical, and we’re on a river. Interior rooms and closets will sweat in summer if the A/C is off, undersized, or you’ve been between systems. That’s true in a new house and an old one.
- Will a dehumidifier replace a bad A/C?
- No. It takes the edge off a closet or a spare room. If the whole house is hot, that’s a service call, not a box from Amazon.
- Do I need this if I’m closing in winter?
- You can wait on the dehumidifier. Mattress protectors are still worth putting on the first night — spills and humidity don’t only happen in July.