A cold front after record heat? How June’s rainy season is going so far in Miami
Drier air suppressed a wave of wet weather that was forecast to soak South Florida last week into the middle of this week
That dry air and sun led to Palm Beach County hitting a high temperature record of 95 degrees on Sunday, breaking a 94-degree record set in 2004, according to the National Weather Service in Miami.
Monday afternoon was hot, too, in the 90s in the Miami and Fort Lauderdale areas, with humidity making the feels-like temperatures swamp us as if in triple digits. Some parts of South Florida did see some rain Sunday evening and late Monday afternoon, but not the 80% expected.
The arrival of a light plume of Saharan Dust over South Florida Monday into Tuesday also helped suppress some of the forecast thunderstorms and accounts for some of the heat.
“Rinse and repeat on Tuesday,” said CBS News Miami meteorologist Lissette Gonzalez.
But could a coming “cold front” hinted at by some Florida meteorologists offer relief by week’s end?
Change in the weather
Thunderstorms are likely Tuesday night and chances sprout to 70% Wednesday and 80% Thursday, according to the National Weather Service in Miami. Lingering moisture keeps Friday at 50%. Saturday and Sunday look better, at 30%.
But with the cloud coverage comes cooler air, with highs at only 82 or 83 on Thursday and Friday and evening lows around 76, according to the weather service.
For June, in Miami, that’s a teasing treat. Florida’s Panhandle from Tallahassee to Gainesville and Jacksonville could see lows on Thursday and Friday ranging from 64 to 68. Central Florida’s Orlando could see 69 and Tampa at 71, according to the weather service.
Don’t expect any cold weather records out of this “cold front,” however. The record low for Miami on a June 5 date was 68 in 1948. Gainesville plunged to 60 degrees on June 5, 1966. Orlando was even colder on a record 58 on June 5, 1933.
Saharan dust
The season’s first arrival of Saharan dust is not generally bad news, unless you suffer from allergies or respiratory issues.
Saharan dust can make it feel hotter. But the plumes, cast-offs from the coast of Africa’s Saharan Desert, hovering a mile or so above the earth’s surface and moving routinely across the tropical North Atlantic Ocean, can suppress tropical activity like hurricanes.
The National Hurricane Center doesn’t expect any disturbances over the next seven days.
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This story was originally published June 1, 2026 at 6:20 PM.
