ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 It\u2019s a downright cold start to the day across Central Florida, with record -low temperatures shattered area-wide. <\/p>\n
Orlando dropped to 25 degrees, breaking the 1936 record of 28. Melbourne hit 25, topping the previous record of 32. Daytona Beach plunged to 23, breaking a record of 33. Leesburg fell to 23, beating a 1979 record of 30, and Sanford also reached 23, breaking its old mark of 30.<\/p>\n
Record-breaking low temperatures on Sunday<\/p>\n
[EXCLUSIVE: Become a News 6 Insider (it\u2019s FREE)<\/a> | PINIT! Share your photos<\/a>] <\/p>\n An Extreme Cold Warning remains in effect through 10 a.m. Sunday, as dangerously-cold air lingers across the region. Despite sunshine, temperatures will struggle to rebound this afternoon, with highs staying well below average in the 40s. <\/p>\n Sunday’s highs<\/p>\n Gusty winds will persist through the day, making it feel even colder.<\/p>\n Extreme cold warning<\/p>\n Cold concerns aren\u2019t over yet. The Extreme Cold Warning will be reissued Sunday night into Monday morning, along with a Freeze Warning, as overnight temperatures once again fall below freezing across much of Central Florida. A hard freeze is possible in many locations Sunday night into Monday.<\/p>\n Freeze warning<\/p>\n Monday morning will be another bundle-up start, but highs rebound into the 50s for Groundhog Day. <\/p>\n Monday morning<\/p>\n A noticeable warmup follows, with temperatures climbing into the 70s by Wednesday. Another cold front arrives late Wednesday into Thursday, bringing a 30-40% chance of rain and a return to cooler conditions behind it.<\/p>\n [WATCH: Snow flurries reported in Daytona Beach!]<\/p>\n News 6 Weather Insider<\/p>\n More Stories Like This In Our Email Newsletter<\/p>\n Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 It\u2019s a downright cold start to the day across Central Florida, with record -low temperatures…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139631,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[519,28,44682,30,29,508,9592,221,4715],"class_list":{"0":"post-139630","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-cold","9":"tag-florida","10":"tag-florida-freeze","11":"tag-florida-headlines","12":"tag-florida-news","13":"tag-forecast","14":"tag-latest-forecast","15":"tag-weather","16":"tag-weather-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139630","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=139630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}