How cold did it get where you live — and is the coldest yet to come to Miami?
A cold front delivered its coldest temperatures to South Florida and the rest of the state between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. Wednesday.
For much of Miami-Dade and Broward, the plunge into the upper-40s was the coldest the region has seen in two years.
But no records were set. Miami would have had to fall all the way to 36 degrees to match the record for this date on Jan. 8, 1903, according to NOAA’s weather data.
The forecast for South Florida
The Tuesday night-Wednesday morning dip make way for even more cold to come, with even lower temperatures. The peak of this cold front arrives Wednesday night into early Thursday, between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m., said George Rizzuto, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Miami.
“We might reach the upper-30s around the Lake Okeechobee area and reach the lower- or upper-40s for most of Metro Miami,” he said. “Maybe a touch warmer on Thursday night but the warming trend will really come in Friday night into Saturday morning.”
Look for a comparably toasty 60s for lows across South Florida for a couple days into the weekend. Saturday should reach a high of 79, the warmest day. Sunday will be a little cooler, with a high of 72 and a low of 61, according to the weather service.
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How cold did it get Wednesday around Florida?
Here are some recorded lowest lows at the peak of the chill Tuesday night and 5 a.m. to 6 a.m. Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service in Miami and Weather Underground.
SOUTH FLORIDA
▪ Miami, at the weather service’s headquarters at Florida International Campus near Sweetwater: 51 degrees.
▪ Downtown Miami: 52
▪ Miami Beach: 51
▪ Hialeah: 52
▪ Homestead Airport: 49
▪ Florida City: 51
▪ Miami Gardens, near Hard Rock Stadium: 49
▪ Opa-locka: 50
▪ Aventura: 49
▪ Coral Gables: 52
▪ Palmetto Bay: 51
▪ Cutler Bay: 50
▪ North Miami Beach: 50
BROWARD
▪ Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport: 48
▪ Weston: 50
▪ Pompano Beach: 48
▪ Davie: 48
▪ Cooper City: 48
FLORIDA KEYS
▪ Key West: 57
▪ Big Pine Key: 57
▪ Islamorada: 51
▪ Key Largo: 51
PALM BEACH
▪ West Palm Beach: 47
▪ Boca Raton: 48
AROUND FLORIDA
▪ Lake Okeechobee: 44
▪ Orlando International Airport: 43
▪ Sarasota-Bradenton: 44
▪ Tampa International Airport: 43
▪ Fort Myers: 43
▪ Captiva: 44
▪ Gainesville: 28
▪ Tallahassee International Airport: 28
▪ Jacksonville International Airport: 30
▪ Cedar Key: 28.
This story was originally published January 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM.
