Beach goers wake to the Jan. 1, 2026, New Year on South Pointe Park Pier in South Beach under sunny skies with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s and lows in the 40s.
As South Florida looks ahead to the third week of the new year beginning on Monday, we may see a run of weather that’s closer to average for this time of year.
The forecast high will be in the low 70s, according to the National Weather Service in Miami. Lows are expected to remain in the mid-60s that we’ve felt on recent mornings.
South Florida opened the new year with a chilly start, with temperatures in the 40s. The second week brought higher than average highs, in the 80s, and warmer lows, in the 60s.
We can call the coming third week “pleasant” as CBS News Miami meteorologist Lissette Gonzalez does in her Thursday report.
Here’s what to expect:
Weather forecast
A cold front will bring wind chills to the upper 20s and 30s across the Panhandle and “feels-like” 40 in Orlando and Tampa on Monday, according to WFLA Tampa Bay meteorologist Jeff Berardelli. But the front won’t give Miami people reason to break out the heavy cold weather gear.
The big chill isn’t making it all the way south as we felt in the first week of January.
Consider sweaters and sweatpants in the evenings and mornings if you’re going casual. The Jan. 1 parkas you wore outside? Probably not.
Gonzalez calls Monday a bit warmer than the weather service forecasts: a range of 65 to 75.
- The Miami-Fort Lauderdale weekend, according to CBS News Miami: Saturday, a high of 82 and low of 70. Sunday, a high of 83 and low of 69.
- Monday: 75 down to 65.
- Tuesday: 78 down to 66.
- Wednesday: 77 down to 66.
The next time we should feel temperatures in the 50s again in South Florida appears to be Friday, Jan. 16. According to Weather Underground, the Miami area will dip to 55 degrees when the morning rush hour starts, and climb only to 72.
The forecast is quite different from the “historic Cold Wave” that swept South Florida Jan 2-13 in 2010, when lows ranged from 49 to 35 for 12 days, according to WSVN-Channel 7 weather.
Rain chances
January remains in the dry season for good reason. It’s been mostly dry for months in South Florida, so Sunday’s 20% rain chance and the following Wednesday’s 30% sounds like a lot, according to the National Weather Service. The boost on Wednesday seems linked to the next cold front.
Howard Cohen
Miami Herald
Miami Herald consumer trends reporter Howard Cohen, a 2017 Media Excellence Awards winner, has covered pop music, theater, health and fitness, obituaries, municipal government, breaking news and general assignment. He started his career in the Features department at the Miami Herald in 1991. Cohen is an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Communication.
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