Florida Weather

[Extremeweatherguy]

Hours below freezing last night...

Tallahassee - 15 to 16 hours
Jacksonville - 13 hours
Ocala - 16.5 hours
Brooksville - 14 to 15 hours
Daytona Beach - 13 hours
Sanford - 12 to 13 hours
Orlando - 11 to 12 hours
Tampa - 12 to 13 hours
Melbourne - 10 to 11 hours
Fort Myers - 0 hours
West Palm Beach - 2 to 3 hours
Miami - 0 hours
Key West - 0 hours

Minimum temperatures last night...

Tallahassee - 20F
Jacksonville - 26F
Ocala - 19F
Brooksville - 17F
Daytona Beach - 27F
Sanford - 25F
Orlando (exec. airport) - 28F
Orlando (intl. airport) - 29F
Tampa - 28F
Melbourne - 26F
Fort Myers - 33F
West Palm Beach - 32F
Miami - 35F
Key West - 46F

[Sanibel]

Digital thermometer on back porch had low of 36.5* here on Sanibel last night. Had to take some plants in and will again tonight. Sun breaking through should give us a few extra degrees today.

Yesterday was record low daytime high for me here at 42*.


Havana: 61*

Cayman: 72*

[DanKellFla]

West of Lake Worth, Florida.....

I put out a little bit of water last night in hopes of showing my kids some ice. No luck. I checked around 7 AM at the low point. But, my thermometer (not digital and very cheap) showed 28 degrees on my patio. I don't believe that. In any case, it is cold. FPL turned off my heat and water heater for 2 hours ( on-call plan) just after I had a 1.5 hour power outage. The house got down to 65. Which isn't too bad.
I just read that the crops are doing OK. That is a relief to hear. Agriculture is a HUGE industry in Florida. If the citrus industry escapes with minimal damage, the juice should be great this year.

[JonathanBelles]

Going for record lows tonight here in St. Pete.

St. Pete and Tampa have both tied or broken records for the time period of this chill. Both sites have been under 60 for 8 consecutive days, and are forecast for 2 more.

[HURAKAN]

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI, FL
940 AM EST SUN JAN 10 2010

...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE TIED AT MIAMI...

A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 35 DEGREES WAS SET AT MIAMI THIS MORNING.
THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD SET IN 1970.

[psyclone]

i keep seeing indications of a big and juicy gulf low taking shape by next weekend. hopefully we can be tracking a squall line by then instead this relentless freezing weather. with the coastal waters so cold, any attempt to advect warm humid air up here is going to really fog us in on the west coast.

[Extremeweatherguy]

10pm statewide temperatures...

Crestview - 21F
Tallahassee - 20F
Jacksonville - 34F
Ocala - 28F
Daytona Beach - 34F
Brooksville - 30F
Tampa - 33F
Orlando (Intl. airport) - 34F
Orlando (Exec. airport) - 35F
Melbourne - 34F
Fort Myers - 36F
West Palm Beach - 40F
Miami - 43F
Key West - 50F

[JonathanBelles]

Temps are not falling very fast at all right now.

[Sanibel]

The dry part of the front has pushed over us. We're probably going to freeze tonight. Porch plants are inside. Bouganvilla is cold shocked and wilted. 39* right now.

[Extremeweatherguy]

12am statewide temperatures...

Crestview - 19F (at 11pm)
Tallahassee - 24F
Jacksonville - 31F
Ocala - 27F
Daytona Beach - 32F
Brooksville - 30F
Tampa - 33F
Orlando (Intl. airport) - 32F
Orlando (Exec. airport) - 33F
Melbourne - N/A
Fort Myers - 34F
West Palm Beach - 37F
Miami - 40F

[HURAKAN]

32°F at my house!

[tropicana]

Crestview FL at 12F this morning brrrrrrr, Tallahassee at 14F

[JonathanBelles]

30 degrees here in St. Pete at this hour with a heavy frost! I'm very sure it made it into the 20's this morning.

[NDG]

Winds stayed up in the Orlando area which helped the temps not get any lower than the upper 20s in the suburbs, near 30 in the heart of the City, but many spots saw temps near or below freezing for a good 9-10 hrs enough to cause widespread damage to tropical plants. My Royal palm trees have gotten a good beaten, but temps have not gotten that low to kill them. I did not take any chances with my Christmas Palm trees, so I wrapped them up pretty good and with Christmas lights, leafs are still green.
One more night of least upper 20s for lows, this got to be a record for Orlando with temps near or below freezing with so many nights in a row, with the expected one or two more nights to go of freezing wx.
I looked back to '96 records with the last real cold snap, temps did get lower than now but it was only one or two nights with temps in the 20s, it quickly bounced back.

[Extremeweatherguy]

Winds stayed up in the Orlando area which helped the temps not get any lower than the upper 20s in the suburbs, near 30 in the heart of the City, but many spots saw temps near or below freezing for a good 9-10 hrs enough to cause widespread damage to tropical plants. My Royal palm trees have gotten a good beaten, but temps have not gotten that low to kill them. I did not take any chances with my Christmas Palm trees, so I wrapped them up pretty good and with Christmas lights, leafs are still green.
One more night of least upper 20s for lows, this got to be a record for Orlando with temps near or below freezing with so many nights in a row, with the expected one or two more nights to go of freezing wx.
I looked back to '96 records with the last real cold snap, temps did get lower than now but it was only one or two nights with temps in the 20s, it quickly bounced back.

Yeah, this cold snap is definitely not the most extreme central Florida has ever dealt with, but it is definitely one of the most prolonged the area has ever seen. By the time it ends, many areas will have not gotten above 60F for almost two straight weeks. Considering the average high in central Florida is near 70F this time of year, that is quite an amazing stretch of cold!

[NDG]

Winds stayed up in the Orlando area which helped the temps not get any lower than the upper 20s in the suburbs, near 30 in the heart of the City, but many spots saw temps near or below freezing for a good 9-10 hrs enough to cause widespread damage to tropical plants. My Royal palm trees have gotten a good beaten, but temps have not gotten that low to kill them. I did not take any chances with my Christmas Palm trees, so I wrapped them up pretty good and with Christmas lights, leafs are still green.
One more night of least upper 20s for lows, this got to be a record for Orlando with temps near or below freezing with so many nights in a row, with the expected one or two more nights to go of freezing wx.
I looked back to '96 records with the last real cold snap, temps did get lower than now but it was only one or two nights with temps in the 20s, it quickly bounced back.

Yeah, this cold snap is definitely not the most extreme central Florida has ever dealt with, but it is definitely one of the most prolonged the area has ever seen. By the time it ends, many areas will have not gotten above 60F for almost two straight weeks. Considering the average high in central Florida is near 70F this time of year, that is quite an amazing stretch of cold!

Yeah, I think it has been since New Years day the last time Orlando saw 60 degrees or higher, is probably going to be until at least Wednesday or Thursday before we see 60 or higher, Friday & Sat back to near or above average.

[HURAKAN]

Miami:

January

2 -> 49ºF
3 -> 47ºF
4 -> 44ºF
5 -> 43ºF
6 -> 40ºF
7 -> 44ºF
8 -> 49ºF
9 -> 38ºF
10 -> 35ºF
11 -> 36ºF
12 -> 45ºF (Forecast)
13 -> 46ºF (Forecast)


10 days now below 50°F. 12 days if forecast is correct

[HeatherAKC]

Good times!




Can't get the house to heat above 68*, office has no heat. My hands are freezing as I type..inside..

It's been a great cold spell, but it's just about time for it to be 80* already again. And that would be fine with me!

[Sanibel]

Gulf saved us. Only 35.6* as a low last night. Bright sun cutting the cold today and warming the living room. Hard to get electric heat to pull the temperature up in the house. A good wood stove would solve that problem quick but I don't know how palm trunks burn?

78* on Saturday with 62* as a low.

[JonathanBelles]

NWS is reporting that Kenneth City got down to 27 last night, which ties the lowest temperature I have seen at my current house!

KSPG is now at 9 days completely below 60 degrees and this number may jump to 11, shattering the old record of 8 days.