Weather alert: Another ‘big change’ is coming to Miami. How cold will it get?
Did you stuff your winter coat in the back of the closet already? Better dig it out again.
Another blast of cold air is coming our way on the heels of the record temperatures that froze people, crops and iguanas at the start of the week in South Florida.
We won’t get as low as the 30s, with wind chills in the 20s. But by Miami standards, it’ll feel cold again, certainly colder than the 50s and 60s most of this week.
“A big change is expected with our weather,” CBS News Miami meteorologist Dave Warren said. Expect “a quick drop in temperatures once the rain clears out.”
How quick? How low?
Low enough for the National Weather Service in Miami to issue a cold weather advisory for Friday morning between 3 and 9 a.m. for inland portions of Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Collier counties.
Wind chills will drop into the low-30s around Lake Okeechobee, with some inland South Florida locations at or below 35 degrees.
Coastal South Florida could “feel-like” the upper 30s. The entirety of Glades and Hendry counties are under the advisory.
When the cold front comes
After a 40% chance for downpours between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Thursday, and wind gusts above 25 mph, we’ll see temperatures go from the 70s in the afternoon to the upper-50s by 7 p.m.
The gusty winds that herald the cold front’s arrival also bring hazardous beach and boating conditions to South Florida waters, said CBS News Miami meteorologist Lissette Gonzalez.
A small craft advisory goes into effect for the Atlantic waters at 1 p.m. Thursday. The Florida Keys are already under a small craft advisory, Gonzalez reported.
Then it gets chilly.
By 7 a.m. Friday the forecast calls for 44 degrees, with a wind chill of 39 in much of the Miami and Fort Lauderdale areas, according to the National Weather Service in Miami.
Friday will remain nippy, with highs in the upper-50s into the afternoon until breaking into the low- to mid-60s between 1 and 4 p.m.
Saturday morning starts in the upper-40s to low-50s, and rebounds to about 73 by 3 p.m.
Temperatures will linger around 55 degrees Sunday morning and climb to about 74 in the afternoon, according to CBS News Miami.
Super Bowl Sunday
When South Florida gathers for Super Bowl Sunday watch parties for the game that begins at 6:30 p.m. from Santa Clara, California, fans may want sweaters before the third and fourth quarters.
“The weather will be super for Super Bowl Sunday as highs will be pleasant in the-mid 70s,” Gonzalez said. “It will be cool in the evening with the 60s.”
If your watch party is on an outdoor patio, the precise range of temperatures for the Miami area Sunday evening through the game runs 65 to 63 degrees, according to the weather service.
By comparison: Santa Clara will see temperatures from 68 to 47 on Super Bowl Sunday, according to the weather service in California.
After the weekend, Monday and Tuesday remain similar, with a 58 morning low and a 72 to 74 afternoon high, according to the weather service.
By Wednesday, expect morning lows in the mid- to upper-60s and highs in the upper-70s.
How your neighborhood may feel the chill
Gonzalez pinpointed 7 a.m. Friday morning lows and wind chills for cities in Miami-Dade, Broward and the Florida Keys. Here’s what she predicts.
- Miami-Dade and Florida Keys cold air temperature lows: Homestead at 42; Miami at 44; Key West at 57; Marathon at 52.
- Miami-Dade wind chill temperatures: Kendall, Country Walk and Redland at 38; Miami, Doral, Hialeah, Miami Lakes, Palmetto Bay and Cutler Bay at 39; Homestead and Aventura at 40; Miami Beach at 42 and Key Biscayne at 45.
- Broward cold air temperature lows: Weston at 40; Southwest Ranches, Sunrise, Coral Springs and Tamarac at 41; Fort Lauderdale, Dania Beach and Hollywood at 44.
- Broward wind chill temperatures: Weston, Plantation, Lauderhill, Margate, Coral Springs, Sunrise and Tamarac at 37; Davie, Cooper City, Pembroke Pines at 38; Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Deerfield Beach, Oakland Park and Miramar at 39; Dania Beach and Hallandale Beach at 40.
Compared to earlier in the week, however, the National Weather Service in Miami is calling this one “a weak cold front.”
An area of surface high pressure remains in place over the region through the middle of next week, so that should lead to gradual warming, meteorologist Sammy Hadi said in his Thursday afternoon weather overview.
This story was originally published February 5, 2026 at 12:47 PM.
