{"id":280345,"date":"2026-05-22T03:11:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T03:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/280345\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T03:11:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T03:11:31","slug":"orlando-weather-hot-humid-memorial-day-weekend-ahead-for-central-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/280345\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando weather: Hot, humid Memorial Day weekend ahead for Central Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brief<\/p>\n

Central Florida will stay warm and humid overnight, with evening storms ending before midnight.<\/p>\n

Friday will bring highs in the low 90s inland with scattered afternoon thunderstorms, mainly west of Orlando.<\/p>\n

Rain chances decrease slightly for Memorial Day weekend, but heat index values could near 100 degrees.<\/p>\n

ORLANDO, Fla. – Central Florida is expected to remain warm and humid overnight.<\/p>\n

Temperatures will fall into the low to mid-70s after evening thunderstorms move out by around 9 or 10 p.m.<\/p>\n

Friday forecast for Orlando<\/p>\n

What To Expect<\/p>\n

Friday\u2019s forecast calls for mostly sunny skies in the morning. Temperatures will warm up quickly from overnight lows around 74 degrees in Orlando.<\/p>\n

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Afternoon highs will break into the low 90s inland and upper 80s along the beaches, near average for this time of year.<\/p>\n

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Scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop, mainly west of Orlando.<\/p>\n

Memorial Day weekend forecast<\/p>\n

Looking Ahead<\/p>\n

Rain chances will decrease slightly over Memorial Day weekend, especially Sunday and Monday, with most shower activity expected closer to the Interstate 75 corridor and Florida\u2019s west coast.<\/p>\n

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An isolated pop-up storms remain possible across Central Florida. It won’t be a washout of a weekend, but if you have outdoor plans, with heavy rain and lightning likely, it’s important to make sure you have shelter nearby or back up plans in place to stay safe.<\/p>\n

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Humidity is also expected to increase through the holiday weekend, with heat index values nearing 100 degrees in some areas for the first time this year.<\/p>\n

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Little change is expected in temperatures or rain chances over the next 10 days.<\/p>\n

The Source<\/p>\n

The information in this story was provided by the FOX 35 Storm Team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Central Florida will stay warm and humid overnight, with evening storms ending before midnight. Friday will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[147,115350,139,141,140,8050,6977],"class_list":["post-280345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-central-florida","tag-memorial-day-weekend","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-rain-chances","tag-thunderstorms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280345","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=280345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}