FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) – South Florida woke up to stunned iguanas and a crisp chill in the air as a cold front sent temperatures plummeting into the 40s and even the mid to high 30s in some parts. But not everyone is on board with the sudden dip in degrees.<\/p>\n
7News cameras captured people rocking their winter wardrobes as they made their way down Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, Friday morning.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy sweater, my socks, my long johns. Now look at me,\u201d said a woman wearing a head scarf and heavy jacket. \u201cWhen I get up this morning, it was so cold.\u201d<\/p>\n
How cold? The lowest recorded temperature came in from the Redland at 26 degrees Fahrenheit. Homestead and Kendall also reported temperatures in the 30s.<\/p>\n
Coral Gables, Davie and Southwest Ranches weren\u2019t far behind with 40 degrees.<\/p>\n
The feelings are mixed when it comes to this brief taste of the Arctic freeze.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe love it. It\u2019s the best part of the year,\u201d said a man in a gray hoodie.<\/p>\n
\u201cI walked in today. It\u2019s definitely cold,\u201d said a man in a baseball cap and light gray hoodie.<\/p>\n
The \u201cfeels like\u201d temperatures were down in the 30s in parts of Miami-Dade and Broward.<\/p>\n
\u201cI haven\u2019t seen the lizards fall out of the trees yet, but I heard that happens,\u201d said the man in a baseball cap and light gray hoodie.<\/p>\n
The iguanas did fall, like a stiff, unconscious resident in Lighthouse Point.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hear this thud, and we had no idea, like, where the thud came from. We looked over, and it\u2019s an iguana,\u201d said a nearby resident who identified himself as Ben. \u201cI thought it was dead. I don\u2019t know what it was, but then I realized it was actually frozen. I didn\u2019t think that that actually happened.\u201d<\/p>\n
Oh, but it does. <\/p>\n
Ben, a generous neighbor, took matters into his own hands. He went into his home, then came back out with an extension cord and a blow dryer. Several minutes later, the iguana rose from its slumber.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve lived in Florida, born and raised on this street and lived here my whole life, and I just \u2013 I\u2019d never seen a frozen iguana before,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Ben can cross a frozen iguana off his bucket list, on South Florida\u2019s first real cold front of 2026.<\/p>\n
Temperatures finally crossed into the 60s at noon, thanks in part to warm sunshine, but meteorologists cautioned to keep dressing in layers, since the cold snap is expected to linger until at least Monday, when another cold front is forecast to arrive on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.<\/p>\n
The temperatures will remain cool throughout the weekend as college football fans enjoy the various events ahead of the big game on Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we brought winter! I\u2019ll take it all day,\u201d said a man. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to be nice, fun. A lot of energy,\u201d said another fan. <\/p>\n
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