Frigid Air Settles into Central Florida in Time for the New Year
THERE. YES. FIRST WARNING, METEOROLOGIST MARQUISE MEDA HERE. MARQUISE. MOTHER NATURE GAVE HER A NICE CHRISTMAS PRESENT BECAUSE IT’S REALLY NICE OUTSIDE. IT’S BEEN GORGEOUS. WARM. IF YOU LIKE IT WARM, IT’S REALLY NICE OUTSIDE. WELL, IF YOU DON’T LIKE IT WARM, WE WILL SEE SOME CHANGE. RIGHT? YOU JUST HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT. THERE’S ALWAYS SOME CHANGE HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO PLUMMET SUBSTANTIALLY BY NEW YEAR’S EVE. WE’LL BE FALLING ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO THE 40S AND THE 30S. AND AS FAR AS YOUR WIND CHILL, YOUR FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURES. YOU CAN SUBTRACT TEN FROM THE NUMBERS ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW, BUT HERE’S WHAT YOUR ACTUAL THERMOMETER IS GOING TO BE READING 43 DEGREES IN ORLANDO ON NEW YEAR’S EVE. TO START OFF, THE DAY LOOKS LIKE 34 UP NORTH IN OCALA, 35 IN THE VILLAGES. SO SOME OF THE COOLEST AIR THAT WE’VE FELT THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, NOT THE COOLEST THAT WE’VE FELT SO FAR THIS YEAR THOUGH. THAT WAS BACK ON NOVEMBER 11TH AS WE DROPPED TO 36 DEGREES IN ORLANDO. YOUR NEW YEAR’S EVE WAKE UP MORNING LOW, THAT’S GOING TO BE 43, AND WE’LL CARRY THAT COOLER WEATHER INTO NEW YEAR’S DAY AS WELL. 42 OVERNIGHT AS WE TURN THE CALENDAR OVER TO 2026. AND BY NEXT FRIDAY, WE’RE STILL IN THE MID 40S AS WELL. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL PLUMMET INTO THE 60S, BUT TODAY WE’RE BACK IN THE 70S. IT’S BEEN GORGEOUS HERE ON CHRISTMAS DAY, BARELY EVEN A CLOUD IN SIGHT. OFF IN OCALA, WE’RE STILL SPORTING 79 DEGREE TEMPERATURES. IN FACT, UPPER 70S FOR MANY OF US, LIKE ORLANDO, 76, KISSIMMEE 78, SAINT CLOUD 78 DEGREES AS WELL. OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS IN ORLANDO, THOUGH, CLEAR SKIES WILL BE A STAPLE TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DROP BACK INTO THE UPPER 50S OVERNIGHT WITH A CHANCE FOR A LITTLE BIT OF PATCHY FOG. WE’LL START OFF WITH A WESTERLY BREEZE ROLLING OVER THE GULF COAST, AND THAT’S GOING TO BRING IN THE GULF COAST MOISTURE. THEREFORE, UNDER HIGH PRESSURE, CALM WINDS, WE COULD SEE THIS FOG BEGIN TO SPREAD. IT WILL BE PATCHY IN MOST AREAS, DENSE IN OTHERS. ULTIMATELY, THOUGH, THE FOG WILL LIFT AS YOUR DAY DOES PROGRESS. HIGHS TOMORROW SHOULD BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 71 AND 80 DEGREES. ALMOST A COPY AND PASTE DIRECTLY FROM TODAY DURING THE AFTERNOON. SO ONCE YOU GET PAST THAT FOGGY START, WE HAVE A LOT OF WARMTH LYING AHEAD OF US ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND MONDAY, WITH TEMPERATURES EITHER IN THE UPPER 70S OR LOWER 80S. BUT ONE OF THESE THINGS IS CLEARLY NOT LIKE THE OTHER, THAT BEING YOUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON HIGHS DROPPING FROM 80 DEGREES ON MONDAY TO THE MID 60S ON TUESDAY, COURTESY OF THIS COLD FRONT MOVING IN WITH THE CHANCE FOR A COUPLE SHOWERS HERE AND THERE. BUT THE WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL SURELY BE MOVING OUT BY TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY, AND EVEN THURSDAY WE’LL BE BELOW OUR SEASONAL AVERAGE. IT LOOKS LIKE BOTH OF OUR LONG RANGE FORECASTS ARE DEPICTING THE SAME THING. THE GFS HAS YOU DROPPING DOWN TO THE 40S ON THURSDAY. SAME WITH THE EUROPEAN MODEL AS WELL. SO PRETTY UNIFORM CONDITIONS THERE AND AS FAR AS RAINFALL IS CONCERNED, WE MIGHT SEE A COUPLE ISOLATED RETURNS LESS THAN HALF OF AN INCH. IF YOU’RE NORTH OF THE I-4 CORRIDOR. THAT’S ACCORDING TO THE EUROPEAN MODEL GFS, BARELY ANY RAIN. BUT HERE’S WHAT I’M CURIOUS ABOUT. THOSE FEELS-LIKE CONDITIONS DROPPING ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO THE 30S, IF NOT THE 20S IN SOME AREAS. BY WEDNESDAY MORNING IT’S GOING TO FEEL LIKE 29 DEGREES IN OCALA, FEELING LIKE 32. IN THE VILLAGES. ORLANDO IT’LL FEEL LIKE YOU’RE BACK IN THE UPPER 30S AS WELL, SO YOU’LL NEED TO BUNDLE UP HEADING INTO THE NEW YEAR. BUT THIS WEEKEND, YOU’RE NOT LOOKING TOO BAD. 79 FOR YOUR HIGH ON SATURDAY, 80 ON SUNDAY. KEEP IN MIND, THOUGH, CHANGE IS ON ITS WAY. LOOK TO SEE TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE 60S BY NEW YEAR’S EVE THROUGH NEW YEAR’
Frigid Air Settles into Central Florida in Time for the New Year
Updated: 7:28 PM EST Dec 25, 2025
Frigid Air Settles into Central Florida in Time for the New YearHappy Holidays Central Florida!Looks like Santa had no trouble coming down to the sunshine state, as beautiful weather continues outdoors today. Highs were back in the upper seventies and low eighties this afternoon. But patchy to locally dense fog will be the main concern overnight and into the weekend, with the greatest risk tonight into Friday, closer to the coastlines. Otherwise, dry weather and above-normal temperatures will continue through Monday, with highs in the upper 70s to near 80.A strong cold front will move through late Monday night into early Tuesday, bringing cooler and below-normal temperatures through New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Highs will drop into the 60s to low 70s, with overnight lows mainly in the 40s and even the thirties for some of our northern most counties. Get ready for a chilly finish to 2025 and a cooler start to 2026
Frigid Air Settles into Central Florida in Time for the New Year
Happy Holidays Central Florida!
Looks like Santa had no trouble coming down to the sunshine state, as beautiful weather continues outdoors today. Highs were back in the upper seventies and low eighties this afternoon. But patchy to locally dense fog will be the main concern overnight and into the weekend, with the greatest risk tonight into Friday, closer to the coastlines. Otherwise, dry weather and above-normal temperatures will continue through Monday, with highs in the upper 70s to near 80.A strong cold front will move through late Monday night into early Tuesday, bringing cooler and below-normal temperatures through New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Highs will drop into the 60s to low 70s, with overnight lows mainly in the 40s and even the thirties for some of our northern most counties. Get ready for a chilly finish to 2025 and a cooler start to 2026