Central Florida welcomes the coldest day in 33 years – WFTV

NEWS Amine 26 Dec , 2022 0

ORLANDO, Florida — Central Florida is about to experience its second freezing day and coldest day in 33 years on Christmas morning.

Cold Christmas morning will be a few degrees cooler than Saturday morning, when temperatures dipped below 30 degrees.

Read: How Central Florida Citrus Farmers Use Ice to Protect Their Crops from Extreme Cold

Thankfully, less wind is expected.

A severe cold warning is in effect for Marion, Sumter, Flagler, Volusia, and Northlake counties.

Read: It’s getting colder in Central Florida, but will it snow?

Freeze warnings are mandatory in Orange, Seminole, Brevard, Osceola, Polk, and South Lake counties.

All in all, expect a gradual warm-up, so it won’t be too cold.

Read: Surfing Santa rides sub-zero Cocoa Beach waves

This takes us back to the 80’s before New Year’s.

Surfing Santa rides the sub-zero Cocoa Beach waves It was a dreadful Saturday morning outside, but that didn’t stop Surfing Santa from catching waves at Cocoa Beach. (NPI/Space Coast Tourism Authority of Florida/NPI/Space Coast Tourism Authority of Florida)

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