Freeze, extreme cold warnings continue into new week as South Florida faces its coldest air in years
Record-setting cold invades South Florida
TRAIN SLAMMED INTO IT ON THE TRACKS. THANKFULLY, NO ONE WAS HURT. CHRIS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. TAKE A LOOK AT OUR OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN. WE’VE GOT A PERFECT INGREDIENT IN PLACE. PERFECT INGREDIENTS. STRONG NORTHWESTERLY BREEZE IS KICKING IN THAT ARCTIC AIR MASS. CLEAR SKIES. AND THAT’S WHAT WE’RE GOING TO SEE AGAIN TONIGHT. THAT’S GOING TO LEAD TO ANOTHER ROUND OF THESE FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILL FACTORS THAT WILL BE DOWN TO ALMOST LIKE WHAT THEY FELT THIS MORNING. BUT THERE ARE SOME BIG WEATHER CHANGES AHEAD AS WE GET PAST MONDAY INTO TUESDAY, AS THIS AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER THE ATLANTIC, THE WINDS BEGIN TO SHIFT BACK OUT OF THE OCEAN AND THAT WILL BE A WARMER WIND. SO WE’LL GET BACK TO NORMAL. BUT THERE WILL BE ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVING IN LATER THIS WEEKEND TO DROP OUR TEMPERATURES. BROOKE’S GOING TO HAVE MORE ON THAT IN JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT NUMBERS ARE DEFINITELY WELL BELOW THE AVERAGE. PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE. WE SHOULD BE AT 75 FOR THE AFTERNOON HIGH. WE’RE AT 46 SO WE’RE ALMOST 30 DEGREES COLDER THAN THE AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. WE’RE CURRENTLY AT 43 IN VERO BEACH, 45, OKEECHOBEE 46. THE CURRENT TEMPERATURE RIGHT NOW IN BOCA RATON WINDS, THANK GOODNESS, HAVE CALMED DOWN. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT WIND GUSTS THIS MORNING, 40 TO 45. JUST AIDING IN THOSE VERY BITTER WIND CHILLS. BUT AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE EVENING, WE’LL TALK ABOUT WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 20. AND THAT’S STILL GOING TO POSE AN ISSUE WITH SOME WIND CHILLS HERE ACROSS THE AREA. SO WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. BECAUSE IT IS STILL GOING TO REMAIN COLD. HERE’S METEOROLOGIST BROOKE SILVER RANK TO PICK UP THAT PART OF THE STORY. ALL RIGHT CHRIS. YES. SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. TAKE A LOOK. WHAT HAPPENS AFTER MIDNIGHT. THAT’S WE’LL SEE TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S, AS CHRIS MENTIONED. FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURES CAN BE ABOUT MAYBE TEN TO EVEN UP TO 12 DEGREES COLDER WHEN YOU STEP OUTSIDE. SO JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND FOR YOURSELF. I WALK MY DOGS WHEN I GET OFF WORK AT MIDNIGHT. I WALK THEM AGAIN AROUND 6 A.M. SO AGAIN, THOSE ARE THE VERY COLD HOURS AND I’M GOING TO PLAN TO KEEP MY DOGS BUNDLED UP. SAME STORY FOR YOU. MAKE SURE THE KIDS ARE WEARING THEIR LAYERS TOMORROW BEFORE THEY HEAD OFF TO SCHOOL, AND THAT THEY KEEP THOSE LAYERS ON BECAUSE IT’S STILL GOING TO BE EQUALLY AS CHILLY TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE LOW 30S, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE TREASURE COAST RIGHT AROUND THE UPPER 20S INTO OKEECHOBEE COUNTY, LOW TO MID 30S THROUGHOUT MOST OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, JUST AROUND 32 DEGREES IN WEST PALM BEACH. WE DO ANTICIPATE MORE RECORDS BROKEN FOR THE EARLY MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES. WE DID BREAK A RECORD EARLY TODAY. TOMORROW WE’LL SEE ANOTHER RECORD BROKEN THE RECORDS AT 37 DEGREES CURRENTLY FROM 1979. AND WE’RE LOOKING TO BE ABOUT FIVE DEGREES COLDER THAN THAT FOR TOMORROW. AGAIN. FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S, EVEN TEENS POSSIBLE. I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED. THAT’S WHY WE HAVE ALL THESE SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS ALREADY IN PLACE, AND EVEN THAT COLD WEATHER ADVISORY ACROSS PALM BEACH COUNTY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE ONCE AGAIN TO BREAK OUT OF THE 50S. SO LOOK FOR UPPER 50S FOR THE TREASURE COAST. LOW 60S THROUGHOUT THE PALM BEACHES. A LITTLE BREEZY AT TIMES OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. AS FOR BEACH AND BOATING CONDITIONS, WE DO HAVE A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN PLACE. SEAS AT AROUND 6 TO 10FT. SOME VERY ROUGH WAVES OFFSHORE. HIGH TIDE JUST AROUND 8:00 IN THE MORNING. LOW TIDE JUST AROUND 230. AND BECAUSE OUR AIR TEMPERATURE IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH COLDER THAN THE TEMPERATURE OF THE OCEAN, YOU COULD SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A FOG EFFECT. SO SOME STEAM EARLY IN THE MORNING HOURS ACROSS OUR BEACHES. TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR FIRST WARNING WEATHER SEVEN DAY FORECAST. WE HAVE SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS FOR YOUR MONDAY TUESDAY MORNING. STILL LOOKING AT SOME WIDESPREAD 30 SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS LIKELY FOR THE AREA. THEN WE’LL BREAK INTO THE UPPER 60S. SO JUST NEAR 70 DEGREES. SO WE HAVE THAT GRADUAL WARMING TREND CHRIS MENTIONED. WE’LL SEE TEMPERATURES DROPPING OFF ONCE AGAIN. IMPACT WEATHER FRIDAY, SATURDAY POST COLD FRONT. IT’S GOING TO STILL BE ON THE CHILLY SIDE, BUT N
Freeze, extreme cold warnings continue into new week as South Florida faces its coldest air in years
Record-setting cold invades South Florida
Updated: 6:59 PM EST Feb 1, 2026
The WPBF 25 First Warning Weather team is tracking freezing temperatures Sunday and into the new week across South Florida. The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning and an extreme cold warning for Okeechobee, Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River counties from 7 p.m. Sunday through 10 a.m. Monday.The National Weather Service has also issued a Freeze Warning for inland Palm Beach County and a Cold Weather Advisory for metro and coastal Palm Beach County beginning Sunday at 7 p.m. The Cold Weather Advisory expires Monday at 10 a.m., while the Freeze Warning expires at 9 a.m. Monday.Temperatures in inland Palm Beach County could be as low as 28 degrees, while metro and coastal Palm Beach County could experience wind chills as low as 22 degrees. Click here to upload: Cold Weather PhotosWEATHER ALERTSCold weather advisory: 7 p.m. Sunday until 10 a.m. Monday Extreme cold and freeze warnings: From 7 p.m. Sunday until 10 a.m. Monday 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 and into the new week across South Florida.
The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning and an extreme cold warning for Okeechobee, Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River counties from 7 p.m. Sunday through 10 a.m. Monday.
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The National Weather Service issued an Extreme Cold Warning for Indian River, Martin, St. Lucie and Okeechobee counties beginning Sunday at 7 p.m. until Monday at 10 a.m.
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The National Weather Service issued a Freeze Warning for Indian River, Martin, St. Lucie, Okeechobee and inland Palm Beach counties from Sunday at 7 p.m. until Monday at 10 a.m.
The National Weather Service has also issued a Freeze Warning for inland Palm Beach County and a Cold Weather Advisory for metro and coastal Palm Beach County beginning Sunday at 7 p.m. The Cold Weather Advisory expires Monday at 10 a.m., while the Freeze Warning expires at 9 a.m. Monday.
Temperatures in inland Palm Beach County could be as low as 28 degrees, while metro and coastal Palm Beach County could experience wind chills as low as 22 degrees.
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The National Weather Service issued a Cold Weather Advisory for metro and coastal Palm Beach County beginning Sunday at 7 p.m. until Monday at 10 a.m.
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WEATHER ALERTS
Cold weather advisory: 7 p.m. Sunday until 10 a.m. Monday Extreme cold and freeze warnings: From 7 p.m. Sunday until 10 a.m. Monday
Stay with WPBF 25 for weather updates as this cold air moves toward South Florida.
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