Influencer Alessandra Ciuffo-@flavorsbyalssandra serves bites of “Sloppy Giuseppe’s” during the Grand Tasting Village, SoBe Wine & Food Festival, in Miami Beach, on Saturday, February 22, 2025.
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Make like Jimmy Buffett at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival over the weekend.
“Shorts and flip-flops because it is going to be sizzling,” said meteorologist Lissette Gonzalez in her CBS News Miami weather forecast broadcast.
She’s not just talking about Chef Tyler Florence’s Masters of Fire barbecue event on a steamy Saturday night where you might burn your toes searching the sands “for that lost shaker of salt,” as Jimmy sang about in “Margaritaville.”
Expect highs in the mid-80s, with possible record heat Sunday afternoon if it topples the 87 set in 1962.
Then the temperature will tumble.
Besides relief from the heat, expect less pollen in the air — and perhaps less sneezing for us.
The Miami area’s pollen level was in the moderate range and Fort Lauderdale’s was moderate-high as of Friday, according to IQAir and Pollen.Com’s trackers. Plant metabolism tends to slow during cold spells and that can temporarily suppress the release of pollen, according to experts.
How cold will it get in South Florida?
By Monday morning, expect to wake up to the 50s in South Florida, chill out to the mid-60s in the afternoon, and go to bed in the upper-40s, according to the National Weather Service in Miami.
Tuesday will be the coldest start of the week in the Miami and Fort Lauderdale areas, with early morning wake-up time in the 40s. Factor in the wind chill and it could feel like the low-40s. Wednesday morning’s low will stay in the 50s, according to Gonzalez. “Make sure you have that winter gear ready to go.”
Then daytime temps will warm up again Wednesday afternoon and through Thursday, with lows around 65 and highs of 75, the weather service said.
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Chills around town Bundled-up commuters wait at the bus stop outside Miami-Dade County on Feb. 2, 2026, in Miami, Florida. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com
How cold will it get across South Florida early Tuesday?
Gonzalez figures we’ll be waking up to the low-40s at inland places: Miami-Dade’s Redland, Kendall and Country Walk, and Broward’s Weston and Southwest Ranches. Expect the low 50s across the Florida Keys.
Here are forecast lows, according to the CBS News Miami meteorologist:
Miami-Dade
40 degrees: Redland.41 degrees: Kendall, Country Walk.43 degrees: Homestead.44 degrees: Cutler Bay, Miami Lakes45 in Palmetto Bay.46 degrees: Aventura.47 degrees: Miami, Hialeah, Miami Beach, Doral and 48 in Key Biscayne
Broward
41 degrees: Coral Springs.42 degrees: Weston, Tamarac, Davie, Sunrise.43 degrees: Margate, Plantation.44 degrees: Deerfield Beach, Lauderhill, Cooper City, Oakland Park.45 degrees: Fort Lauderdale, Dania Beach, Miramar, Pembroke Pines.46 degrees: Hollywood, Hallandale Beach.
Keys
49 degrees: Key Largo.51 degrees: Islamorada.52 degrees: Marathon and Big Pine Key54 degrees: Key West.
“We’re not done with winter yet,” Gonzalez said.
Rain?
We’re not done with the South Florida drought yet, either.
There’s no rain in the forecast outside of a 30% chance for showers Sunday, with north wind gusts up to 26 mph, according to the National Weather Service.
Almost two-thirds of the state is in an extreme drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Miami-Dade is at 66% extreme and Broward at 40%. The Keys are dry but in the lesser severe category.
This story was originally published February 20, 2026 at 12:59 PM.
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Miami Herald consumer trends reporter Howard Cohen, a 2017 Media Excellence Awards winner, has covered pop music, theater, health and fitness, obituaries, municipal government, breaking news and general assignment. He started his career in the Features department at the Miami Herald in 1991. Cohen is an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Communication.
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