Will a coming Miami heat wave be a record-breaker? See what forecast says
Summer arrives this weekend in South Florida. Forget that it’s still April.
Friday started with rain across parts of Miami-Dade and Broward counties. Once the rain moves out, the heat will move in.
Look for a high of 84 Friday afternoon. “Seasonably warm for this time of year,” said CBS News Miami meteorologist Lissette Gonzalez.
Then she delivered a bracing detail during her forecast you won’t see on the standard thermometer.
“Whoa. When you factor in the humidity, it’s going to feel like 90 degrees already in Miami this afternoon, 89 in Kendall and Pembroke Pines. And it’s going to feel like the mid- to upper-80s across the Keys. So it’s certainly going to feel stickier,” she said.
Stay hydrated. Keep an umbrella nearby just in case the 20% rain forecast happens where you are — especially Monday as a front moves in that will lower temperatures back to what April usually feels like.
The expectation: About 79 for a high on Tuesday and Wednesday with lows around 69 in the early mornings, Gonzalez said.
“And then we begin to warm up by next Thursday,” she said.
Weekend heat
It’s going to feel more like the 90s Saturday and Sunday.
According to the National Weather Service in Miami the hottest time of day Saturday and Sunday will be at 2 p.m. when the high hits 84 and the “feels-like” is 89.
These are not record highs for South Florida. The normal highs are 84 for this time of year.
But some parts of Florida could set records.
According to the Palm Beach Post, in Tampa, the temperature Saturday is forecast to reach 92 degrees — nine degrees above normal and a record-breaker that dates back to 1889. Gainesville is forecast at 94 Saturday, which is 12 degrees warmer than normal. That would melt a measurement for that date set in 1890.
Care to sing along to a James Taylor oldie, “Summer’s Here?”
Summer’s here, that suits me fine/It may rain today ‘cause I don’t mind/It’s my favorite time of the year and I’m glad that it’s here.
If you’re curious, it was 84 for a high and 72 for a low on April 18, 1981, when he warbled “Summer’s Here” according to National Weather Service records.
