florida 2025-2026 Florida Winter

[kinzyjr]

This topic is started to track the winter season here in Florida as we cross our fingers that it stays mild enough to skate our favorite palms through to another growing season.  Please feel free to include screenshots and records here.  We'll add a damage thread in the Freeze Damage Data sub-forum if it becomes necessary.

The minimum here at the house on 11/01/2025 was 49F.  It appears that the airport got down closer to 48F.  Stations closer to downtown and Lake Parker stayed in the 50s.  It looks like most of Orlando stayed above 50F.  At St. Johns Botanical Garden and Nature Preserve's 2nd Anniversary, we started the morning in the mid-40s (44F-46F), depending on which area of the garden you were visiting.  

Here's to hoping we don't get a nasty freeze on top of the drought. 🤞

[kinzyjr]

Keep an eye out for next week:

 

[SeanK]

24 minutes ago, kinzyjr said:

Keep an eye out for next week:

 

I've seen the reports. Very nice this week, but mid 30s F across I10 Sunday or Monday night. 

[D. Morrowii]

Ugh, a bit early for 40s…,

[JJPalmer]

Latest Euro for Wednesday morning (looks much higher res on my phone, apologies):

[kinzyjr]

11 minutes ago, JJPalmer said:

Latest Euro for Wednesday morning (looks much higher res on my phone, apologies):

Looks like potential frost down to Ocala and a freeze in Crestview at this point, subject to get worse as we near the actual event.

[kinzyjr]

Some areas could set a record in regard to lowest daytime high during this event:

https://weather.com/forecast/regional/video/arctic-front-early-taste-winter-sunday-monday-tuesday

[OutpostPalms]

Gah,  30s for the northern gulf coast next week. Hopefully no frost or freeze in my garden. This is too soon. 

[kinzyjr]

4 hours ago, OutpostPalms said:

Gah,  30s for the northern gulf coast next week. Hopefully no frost or freeze in my garden. This is too soon. 

The forecast now has 30s extending down into our neck of the woods, so keep an eye out.  We may set a daily record.

https://weather.com/forecast/regional/news/2025-11-04-cold-outbreak-midwest-south-east-first-snow

[Hurricanepalms]

Hoping we aren’t about to repeat 2009/2010. If we do, I am sure at least 50% of my garden will be compost. 

[HudsonBill]

Way to early for this. Hopefully it's one of those years it's cold early and warm later in the season. 

[RiverCityRichard]

Shouldn’t be seeing any temps starting with 3 in November, but looking like 38 here Tuesday morning. Need those people who understand polar vortexes and such sciences to start posting and fueling my anxiety.

[kinzyjr]

55 minutes ago, RiverCityRichard said:

Shouldn’t be seeing any temps starting with 3 in November, but looking like 38 here Tuesday morning. Need those people who understand polar vortexes and such sciences to start posting and fueling my anxiety.

I'll do my part.  It can get worse.  Our record low at the airport for November is 28F.  Further north it can get in the low-to-mid-20s.

[Bill H2DB]

10 hours ago, RiverCityRichard said:

Shouldn’t be seeing any temps starting with 3 in November, but looking like 38 here Tuesday morning. Need those people who understand polar vortexes and such sciences to start posting and fueling my anxiety.

  I'm not sure of where in Volusia County that you are located , but here is a chart for the month of November for the Daytona Beach area .

   The official recording station for much of this is located at the DB Airport , out near I-95 , and is , like most data , a single location result .