JOLIE RODRIGUEZ IS OUT OF THE ELEMENTS THIS MORNING, BUT WE WANT TO BEGIN WITH OUR FIRST WARNING WEATHER TEAM AND CHIEF CERTIFIED METEOROLOGIST CHRIS MARTINEZ. GOOD MORNING. AS WE TAKE A LOOK OUTSIDE, NIKITA AND MY FRIENDS AT HOME. PERFECT RECIPE FOR ALLOWING THESE RECORD COLD TEMPERATURES TO SET ON IN. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND WINDS THAT ARE JUST BLOWING OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. ANYWHERE BETWEEN 15 AND 25MPH HAS SET OUR RECORD LOWS. AS WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL WEEK LONG. BREAKING THAT RECORD IN VERO AND JUST BREAKING OUR RECORD OF 36 IN WEST PALM, WE’RE JUST ABOVE FREEZING RIGHT NOW AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT WEST PALM 33. WE’VE GOT 30 IN STEWART 27 ZERO AND 27 IN OKEECHOBEE. BUT YOU’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT WIND ALL NIGHT LONG AND WHAT IT FEELS LIKE ON YOUR SKIN IS JUST UNBEARABLE IN SOME LOCATIONS. AGAIN, IT IS VERY CHILLY FOR OUR SOUTH FLORIDA STANDARDS. FEELING LIKE 23 IN JUPITER. SAME IN THE GARDENS RIGHT NOW. FEELS LIKE 20 IN JENSEN BEACH, 21 OUT IN INDIANTOWN, REAL-FEEL TEMPERATURES 18. SO NOW WE’RE IN THE TEENS TO SAINT LUCIE COUNTY. THAT IS DANGEROUS COLD. AND HOW ABOUT 16 ON THE REAL FEEL TEMPERATURE THROUGH SEBASTIAN AND FELLSMERE. ALSO TALKING ABOUT TEENS TO LOWER 20S AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT OKEECHOBEE COUNTY. ALL RIGHT. SO AS WE BREAK DOWN THE REST OF THE DAY, IT IS GOING TO BE A SLOW CRAWL TO SOME WARMTH. I MEAN, WE’RE GOING TO STAY BELOW FREEZING FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS TO AT LEAST 9 OR 10:00. WE’RE GREETED WITH LOTS OF SUNSHINE. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL HARD PRESSED TO MAKE IT OUT OF THE 40S THROUGH THE PALM BEACHES. AND LOOK AT THAT. LOTS OF 20S TO START THE TREASURE COAST, AND EVENTUALLY WE’LL ONLY GET TO ABOUT 47 TO 49 ACROSS THE TREASURE COAST. IT’S GOING TO BE A VERY CHILLY DAY, AND WE’RE NOT DONE BY ANY STANDARDS. AS CONTINUE OUR LIVE TEAM COVERAGE AND BRING IN FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST SANDRA SHAW. SHE’S HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT’S TO COME BECAUSE WE’RE NOT DONE WITH THIS COLD JUST YET. SANDRA. THAT’S THE INTERESTING THING. CHRIS. SOMETIMES WE’LL GET THESE BURSTS OF COLD, BUT THIS IS A SUSTAINED COLD AND IT IS MORE THAN 24 HOURS. WE’RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH THE SAME SCENARIO TOMORROW. BUT JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU FOR PERSPECTIVE, THESE WIND GUSTS CURRENTLY ARE AT 29 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU’RE LIKE ME, YOU PROBABLY HEARD IT HOWLING IN AS THAT FRONT BLASTED US YESTERDAY. WE SAW RAIN PRECEDING IT. THEN IT CAME IN TONIGHT. LAST NIGHT WITH ALL THESE VERY GUSTY WINDS. AND THAT’S WHY IT FEELS LIKE. AND I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT I WOULD SAY THIS 16 IN PLACES LIKE FELLSMERE AND UP NEAR SEBASTIAN. SO CERTAINLY THE WINDS ARE HAVING A PROBLEM AND MAKING AN IMPACT BECAUSE THIS IS A LIVE POWER OUTAGE TRACKER AND UP AROUND FORT PIERCE. AT LAST CHECK WE WERE ON THE PHONE WITH THEM AND WE’RE VERIFYING ON OUR MAPS 1000 PLUS POWER OUTAGES. WE ALSO HAVE POWER OUTAGES EXTENDING THROUGH JUPITER FARMS, WEST PALM AND INTO BOCA, EVEN INTO BROWARD COUNTY THIS MORNING. WHY? WELL, WHEN YOU HAVE AN EXCESS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS, BECAUSE I WAS TRACKING GUSTS UP TO 36 MILES AN HOUR EARLIER THIS MORNING THAT BEARS DOWN ON THE POWER FOR TOMORROW. MORE OF THE SAME. WE’RE GOING TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. EXTREME COLD WARNING IN PLAY. ACTIVATING THROUGHOUT TONIGHT. AGAIN FOR TOMORROW. SO I’M GOING TO BE ON THE AIR WITH YOU WITH BROOKE. SEVERE RAIN TOMORROW. WE’RE TAG TEAMING IT WITH THAT EXTREME COLD. IT MEANS IT’S A DANGEROUS COLD. DON’T GO OUT THERE. JUST NOT WORTH IT. FREEZE WARNING AS WELL FOR TOMORROW. AND WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE CONTEXT OF THIS, THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THIS, YOU HAVE TO GO WAY BACK TO 1909 TO ACTUALLY GO BACK TO THE RECORD THAT WE JUST BROKE IN WEST PALM, AND WE ACTUALLY SHATTERED IT. THE OLD RECORD WAS 36. WE’RE AT 33 DEGREES RIGHT NOW. AND AGAIN, FEELING LIKE THE 20S. WE’RE GOING TO BE FEELING LIKE THE 30S. A LITTLE BIT OF IMPROVEMENT TOMORROW IN THE PALM BEACHES, BUT STILL FEELING WITH THE WIND CHILLS. THOSE BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS, LIKE THE 20S THROUGHOUT THE TREASURE COAST TOMORROW. GOING FORWAR
Freeze and extreme cold warnings continue as South Florida faces its coldest air in years
Record-setting cold invades South Florida
Updated: 7:02 AM EST Feb 1, 2026
The WPBF 25 First Warning Weather team is tracking freezing temperatures Sunday across South Florida. Temperatures are in the 30s and upper 20s. The Treasure Coast and Okeechobee County could feel as cold as the teens.The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning and an extreme cold warning for Palm Beach, Okeechobee, Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River counties. Click here to upload: Cold Weather PhotosWEATHER ALERTSExtreme cold warning: Until 10 a.m. Sunday Freeze warning: Until 11 a.m. Sunday Extreme cold and freeze warnings: From 7 p.m. Sunday until 10 a.m. Monday MOST FRIGID DAYS Sunday morning’s low could be colder than Dec. 28, 2010, when it reached 32 degrees at Palm Beach International Airport, according to the National Weather Service.The record for the coldest temperature was 24 degrees on Dec. 29, 1894.On Christmas Day 1989, it dropped to 28 degrees. It was 27 degrees on Jan. 20, 1977, one day after the last time it snowed in West Palm Beach.It plunged to 26 degrees on March 2, 1920.More recently, the temperature was 39 on Dec. 23, 2023, and 37 degrees on Jan. 30, 2022.Stay with WPBF 25 for weather updates as this cold air moves toward South Florida. Stay up to date: The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.
The WPBF 25 First Warning Weather team is tracking freezing temperatures Sunday across South Florida.
Temperatures are in the 30s and upper 20s. The Treasure Coast and Okeechobee County could feel as cold as the teens.
The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning and an extreme cold warning for Palm Beach, Okeechobee, Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River counties.
Click here to upload: Cold Weather Photos
WEATHER ALERTS
Extreme cold warning: Until 10 a.m. Sunday Freeze warning: Until 11 a.m. Sunday Extreme cold and freeze warnings: From 7 p.m. Sunday until 10 a.m. Monday
MOST FRIGID DAYS
Sunday morning’s low could be colder than Dec. 28, 2010, when it reached 32 degrees at Palm Beach International Airport, according to the National Weather Service.
The record for the coldest temperature was 24 degrees on Dec. 29, 1894.
On Christmas Day 1989, it dropped to 28 degrees. It was 27 degrees on Jan. 20, 1977, one day after the last time it snowed in West Palm Beach.
It plunged to 26 degrees on March 2, 1920.
More recently, the temperature was 39 on Dec. 23, 2023, and 37 degrees on Jan. 30, 2022.
Stay with WPBF 25 for weather updates as this cold air moves toward South Florida.
Stay up to date: The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25
Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.