{"id":271506,"date":"2026-05-14T23:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T23:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/271506\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T23:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T23:00:19","slug":"orlando-weather-drier-warmer-stretch-before-rain-returns-this-weekend-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/271506\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando weather: Drier, warmer stretch before rain returns this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">ORLANDO, Fla. &#8211; Lower humidity, seasonable temperatures, and mostly sunny skies will make way for a pleasant Thursday across Central Florida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Afternoon highs will be right around what&#8217;s considered to be average for this time of year, with temperatures peaking in the mid 80s along the coast and upper 80s inland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/fox-local\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX LOCAL APP;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX LOCAL APP&quot;}\" class=\"link \">CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX LOCAL APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2eab56c51c998d4eed19e238d6d4bea4.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lower moisture and humidity levels will not only mean a dry day in terms of rain and storm chances, but also more comfortable conditions outdoors.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/f40853353c106ad9676852feea28c62e.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Partly to mostly clear overnight. It will remain pleasant and less humid as temperatures dip into the mid and upper 60s for Friday morning lows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Friday will be another mostly dry day, only with hotter temperatures with highs nearing 90 degrees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:SIGN-UP FOR FOX 35&#039;S BREAKING NEWS, DAILY NEWS NEWSLETTERS;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;SIGN-UP FOR FOX 35&#039;&quot;}\" class=\"link \">SIGN-UP FOR FOX 35&#8217;S BREAKING NEWS, DAILY NEWS NEWSLETTERS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/64d3cb46d6aa28b30e8e9ce07ebfd8ad.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Humidity and moisture levels will bump up slightly for the weekend, leading to slightly higher chances of showers and storms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A summerlike set-up will take hold on Saturday with a 30% chance of sea-breeze-driven showers and storms. Best chances tomorrow will be near the I-75 corridor in Marion and Sumter counties.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4a1c19312bf1c25e784f953da676a5bb.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sunday will feature a 60% chance of showers and storms with rounds of heavy rain at times. Temperatures will hold steady next week, a degree or two either side of 90.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sea-breeze driven daily downpours and storms will be possible just about every afternoon next week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The information in this story was provided by the FOX 35 Storm Team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. &#8211; Lower humidity, seasonable temperatures, and mostly sunny skies will make way for a pleasant Thursday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[22352,30999,139,141,140],"class_list":["post-271506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-afternoon-highs","tag-humidity-levels","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271506","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=271506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}