Are you ready for some cooler nights aqui en Homestead ?
Fri. PM / Sat. AM – Lows in the upper-50s
Sat. PM / Sun. AM – Lows in the upper-50s
Sun. PM / Mon. AM – Lows in the lower-50s. Wind chills in the 40s.
Mon. PM / Tue. AM – Lows in the mid-50s
Tue. PM / Wed. AM – Lows in the upper-50s
It was (unofficially) the coldest morning in nearly a dozen years this morning, as Homestead ARB FL dropped down to a bonechilling 35°F / 2°C at 6 AM and 7 AM. We haven’t seen a temperature that low since the South Florida Freeze Of January 1996 (unconfirmed).
Homestead ARB was in the 30s for about 8 hours this morning, and in the 40s for an additional 8 hours.
Here in my living room the temperature bottomed out at a near record low of 61°F (at about the same time that it was 35°F outside). I didn’t bother turning on my ‘heater’ overnight. 61°F is generally about 16 degrees below the normal year-round temperature of 77°F in my living room.
The abnormal cold spell is pretty much done and over with, as early-morning temperatures tomorrow are expected to be 15 to 20 degrees less cold than they were this morning. Afternoon high temperatures back up in the mid-to-upper-70s (approaching 80°F) return on Saturday for at least a week. It’s what we expect aqui en el Sur de Florida !
(This is an update to my weather forecast of 4 days ago.)
New Year’s Day – Temperatures will likely exceed 80°F before beginning the rapid plummet into the 70s, the 60s, and the 50s during the afternoon and evening hours.
Wed. Jan. 02ND – Expect an early-morning low temperature in the upper-40s; however, wind-chills will be in the mid-30s ! Mostly Sunny, Windy, and Cold for the remainder of the day. We may not hit the 60°F mark, and wind-chills will make it feel like it’s in the upper-40s to lower-50s all day long ! It will be our coldest day here in Homestead since February 16TH 2007.
Thu. Jan. 03RD – Patchy frost is possible in Homestead / Florida City with near-freezing temperatures possible north and west of the cities. Expect an early-morning low temperature in the mid-30s with wind chills in the low-20s ! This could be our coldest morning in nearly 5 years – since January 2003 !
Afternoon daytime high temperatures will rebound back into the mid-70s by this upcoming weekend.
It now appears that weather systems across North America are getting ready to align that will throw Florida (and virtually all of the United States east of the Mississippi River) into an Arctic airmass to start off the new year.
NEXT WEDNESDAY (January 02ND) appears to be the coldest day with maximum afternoon high temperatures only in the low-to-mid-60s here in South Florida / mid-50s in Central Florida / low-50s in North Florida. Minimum early-morning low temperatures (next Thursday morning) could drop down to the mid-40s in South Florida / mid-30s in Central Florida / mid-20s in North Florida.
The frigid air is expected to last about 2 to 3 days before the next warming trend commences.
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