Miami’s off to a cool, wet start. Will it lead to another soggy weekend?
A soggy week. A cool morning in the 50s. Rain in the forecast.
“A little dreary out there,” said CBS News Miami meteorologist Lissette Gonzalez on Wednesday — a 57-degree, wet Miami morning. “Spring breakers are wondering, ‘Where is the sunshine?’”
Key West woke to 65. At least it’s not the Panhandle, where temperatures were in the bone-chilling 30s from Pensacola to Jacksonville, or Tampa where Wednesday began at 45 degrees.
Expect that pattern of cooler mornings and spotty rain days to continue for another day or two, Gonzalez said.
Wednesday won’t be a washout, she said. According to the National Weather Service in Miami, afternoon rain chances are near 50%. We could see about a tenth of an inch of rain, before the spotty showers taper off toward a sunny and dry weekend.
That weekend forecast is unlike last Sunday, when Miami hosted thousands for Calle Ocho. This weekend won’t have thunderstorms. Or parting gift rainbows.
Wednesday afternoon temperatures will struggle to get near the 70s. Highs will climb into the mid-70s and reach the upper 70s over the weekend and 80 on Sunday. “The spring equinox,” CBS’ Gonzalez says.
Morning lows will still cling to the 60s through Sunday. By Monday and Tuesday, look for an opening work-week range of 66 to 82.
This story was originally published March 18, 2026 at 9:39 AM.
