Raised in Ohio. Florida and Texas both sound very hot to me. I like cool nights and warm days. Grass should stay mostly green all year round. The weather is serious and interesting. Tornado alley, ice storms, hail, each day different. Snow falls but melts conveniently about the same time you get tired of looking at it. If you do not like the weather in Mo, as they say, 'stick around it will be different tomorrow'. At the moment it is too hot.