{"id":116900,"date":"2026-01-13T21:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/116900\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T21:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:46:07","slug":"central-florida-braces-for-coldest-temps-in-4-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/116900\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Florida braces for coldest temps in 4 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTemperatures are in a slow decline this week as we head toward the coldest day in Central Florida in the last four years: Friday. Low temps are expected to drop into the 30s and 40s with feels-like temps in the 20s. A hard freeze is possible in Marion County. Timing out the cold In Orlando: Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers before 10 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. Wednesday Night: Showers likely, mainly after 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. Chance of precipitation is 60%.Thursday: A 40% chance of showers before 1 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 60. Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 33. Friday: Sunny, with a high near 57.Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 38. Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 67. &gt;&gt; Subscribe to the WESH 2 YouTube channIn Cocoa Beach: Wednesday Night: A 50% chance of showers, mainly after 1 a.m. Thursday A 50%  chance of showers, mainly before 1 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 63. Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 41.Friday: Sunny, with a high near 59. Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 47. Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 67.First Warning Weather Stay with WESH 2 online and on-air for the most accurate Central Florida weather forecast.RadarSevere Weather AlertsDownload the WESH 2 News app to get the most up-to-date weather alerts. The First Warning Weather team includes First Warning Chief Meteorologist Tony Mainolfi, Eric Burris, Marquise Meda and Cam Tran.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures are in a slow decline this week as we head toward the coldest day in Central Florida in the last four years: Friday. <\/p>\n<p>Low temps are expected to drop into the 30s and 40s with feels-like temps in the 20s. <\/p>\n<p>A hard freeze is possible in Marion County. <\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis content is imported from Twitter.<br \/>\n\tYou may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis content is imported from Twitter.<br \/>\n\tYou may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.\n<\/p>\n<p>Timing out the cold <\/p>\n<p>In Orlando: <\/p>\n<p>Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers before 10 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. <\/p>\n<p>Wednesday Night: Showers likely, mainly after 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. Chance of precipitation is 60%.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday: A 40% chance of showers before 1 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 60. <\/p>\n<p>Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 33. <\/p>\n<p>Friday: Sunny, with a high near 57.<\/p>\n<p>Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 38. <\/p>\n<p>Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 67. <\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCD9nZ3qeRGbPuHJaJduiQxA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to the WESH 2 YouTube chann<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis content is imported from Twitter.<br \/>\n\tYou may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.\n<\/p>\n<p>In Cocoa Beach: <\/p>\n<p>Wednesday Night: A 50% chance of showers, mainly after 1 a.m. <\/p>\n<p>Thursday A 50%  chance of showers, mainly before 1 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 63. <\/p>\n<p>Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 41.<\/p>\n<p>Friday: Sunny, with a high near 59. <\/p>\n<p>Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 47. <\/p>\n<p>Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 67.<\/p>\n<p>First Warning Weather <\/p>\n<p>Stay with WESH 2 online and on-air for the most accurate Central Florida weather forecast.<\/p>\n<p>Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/wesh-2-app\/41431568\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WESH 2 News app<\/a> to get the most up-to-date weather alerts. <\/p>\n<p>The First Warning Weather team includes First Warning Chief Meteorologist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/news-team\/c15dac96-e8e1-4a2f-8a7c-b0d9c1d1ede8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tony Mainolfi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/news-team\/b84a2751-86e2-4b70-8f05-12ecc06b0236\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eric Burris<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/news-team\/3dfc326b-9da6-4263-b1a0-92b081d5d993\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marquise Meda<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/news-team\/97bcf79a-31d8-4f11-b87a-39b3812b68f6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cam Tran<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Temperatures are in a slow decline this week as we head toward the coldest day in Central Florida&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[147,58891,58892,5124,58893,28,15742,30,29,8597,27113,51293,5126,15745,5122,58894,2458,1456,26848,164],"class_list":["post-116900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-central-florida","tag-cold-first-warning-weather","tag-cold-temp","tag-eric-burris","tag-feels-like-temp","tag-florida","tag-florida-cold-front","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-friday","tag-hard-freeze","tag-low-temp","tag-marquise-meda","tag-orlando-weather","tag-radarsevere-weather-alertsdownload","tag-slow-decline","tag-timeline","tag-week","tag-wesh-2-news-app","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}